Richard Naylor wrote:
At 11:45 AM 7/17/2001 +1200, J S Russell wrote:
mucho deleted.....
The reason for the 100base-T interest is to get things cheaper. A Cisco 3508 costs about $8K from memory. Add in 8 GBICs at $800 (SX type for local servers) for a total of $6400 and your total budget is $14,400. (gee I hope this works - I've been at a Cisco course all day and my brain isn't working very well). In comparison a D-Link DES-3208 gives 2x GBIC and 6x1000base-T for about $5500, or a Netgear F??308 costs about $3300. When you want /need to go to fiber add in a media converter just like you do with 100base-x.
Ah, the joys of my favourite and personal network provider..... There is one vital fact that has been missed though.... any financial advantage accrued through the economics espoused above, is completely negated by the scale of the PC wreckage around Simon's desk. I've seen it... in fact it run's over two desks....., around the floor past the aerials, over the carpet.... who needs $25 NIC cards when you can sidle up to Si's desk and suggest humbly that "this has been here 6 months.....would you mind if I tested it..." Dean can vouch for me, so this email can be seen to vendor independenet........ :-) -- \_ Roger De Salis Cisco Systems NZ Ltd