[lug] OT: network gear

[Tkil]

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Horning <rip6 at rip6.net> writes:

Mark> Netgear..... Have had problems with D-Link RMA service in the
Mark> past...twice.

ditto here -- their customer support was wretched (and pretty arrogant
about it, too.)

>>>>> "Hugh" == Hugh Brown <hugh at vecna.com> writes:

Hugh> D-Link or Netgear
Hugh> What's people's preference?

i have a fair bit of netgear gear, and i've been pretty happy with it
so far.  based just on that d-link experience above, i'd avoid their
stuff out of sheer spite/retaliation.

one thing you'll want to consider, since you're getting into big
switch territory, is looking at the "managed" (SNMP-capable) switches.
that's getting into the top end of the netgear components, and into
their "big brother" bay network gear.

t.