> On Sat, 19 Jul 1997, Fox, Thomas L. wrote:
>
> > We've had great luck with the 3Com Swith 1000, supports 500 mac
> > addresses, is around $3,500. They also make a desktop switch to
> > replace the shared-hubs (only supports 1 mac address per port)
> > that is priced at less than $100 per port.
> >
>
> We're on our third one. First failed and they sent us an earlier
> model, it
> took a week to get what we had acutally bought. Second one failed and
> they
> sent one that didn't work at all to replace. They finally sent a new
> one
> and told us to keep it and send the other two back. Switch works well
> when
> it works.
>
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> Gene Imes http://www.ozob.net
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We've had a Linkswitch 1000 (24 Port) in a client site for 18 mths
without so much as a wimper and
the computer room environment could hardly be classed as "Ideal".
Sometime's you just get the black sheep (sheep's?).
Cheers,
Mark Currie
Livewire Networks P/L
Melbourne Australia