[c-nsp] New Cisco Switch?

[John Neiberger]

Yeah, pretty much. :)  The latest IOS you can get for those is
12.0(5)WC11. And since they're refurbished you have to get them
inspected, at a hefty cost, before you can get SmartNET contracts on
them. If my only two options were a refurbished 3548XL and an HP
ProCurve 2950 then I'm definitely buying the HP switch. You get 48-ports
of 10/100, two built-in 1000BaseT uplinks, two GBIC slots, lots and lots
of features, three interfaces (CLI, menu, and web-based GUI), some Cisco
features like CDP, TACACS+, and Fast Etherchannel, lifetime warranty
with next-day replacement, free software upgrades, and free support, all
for $900.

Which  would you choose? :)

John
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>>> "Mike Carter" <mike.c at altatechnologies.com> 4/6/05 2:24:20 PM >>>
what's wrong with a good ol fashioned refurbished 3548-xl-en???

too old for you ???

MC


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[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of John Neiberger
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:06 PM
To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net 
Subject: [c-nsp] New Cisco Switch?


Because I'm in the market for such an animal, I've heard rumors that
Cisco might be coming out with a low-priced 48-port 10/100 switch with
gigabit uplinks in the near future. I think they're trying to figure
out
how to compete with the HP ProCurve 2950 switches (48-port 10/100 with
both copper and fiber uplinks and lots of features for $900 after
discount.)

Have any of you heard anything about these switches? I'd really like
to
find out more about them. 

Since this might be privileged information, feel free to respond to me
directly from an anonymous email address. LOL  Just kidding...sort of.

:-)

Thanks,
John
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