All things related to multicast

[Dan Oachs <>]

While not necessarily cheap, we have been using he HP 2520G-8-PoE in a 
number of locations.  The management and for the most part features are 
the same as all their other switches.  I am not sure if they make a non 
poe version.

--Dan


On 01/06/2011 01:34 PM, Dan Pritts wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we're looking to replace the room switches we use at our member meetings.
>
> Currently we use 24-port HPs which are getting flakey with age, but otherwise 
> fit the bill fine.
>
> Our ideal replacement switch would have the following feature set:
>
> 8x1G copper (5x1G?)
> VLANs
> robust igmp support
> fanless
>
> Finally, we'd like something that has a real management interface, ssh or serial or maybe SNMP.  
> All of the 8-port "managed" switches we've found are "web managed", which 
> makes configuring 20 of them pretty tedious.
>
> Oh yeah, we want it cheap too.  :)
>
> One thing that comes to mind is DD-WRT and the other alternate firmware for 
> home wireless routers.  I wonder if that firmware manages to add IGMP support 
> to the switches built in to these devices.
>
>
> Let me know if you know of anything that would fit the bill.
>
> thanks!
>
> danno
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> Internet2
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