From: Pekka Savola (no email)
Date: Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:44:23 EDT
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008, Andrew Staples wrote:
> Speaking of running gig long distances, does anyone on the list have
> suggestions on a >8 port L2 switch with fiber ports based on personal
> experience? Lots of 48 port gig switches have 2-4 fiber uplink ports, but
> this means daisy-chains instead of hub/spoke. Looking for a central switch
> for a star topography to home fiber runs that is cost effective and works.
Nortel 5530 has 24x copper, 12x SFP and 2x10GE (XFP):
http://www.nortel.com/ers5530
We don't have 5530's but we have good experience with 5510 as L2
device. In your case you may be looking for a larger number of SFP GE
ports though.
-- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
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