All things related to multicast

["Curtis, Bruce" <>]

  I see that Cisco has a new line of compact switches.  Not sure if they are 
shipping yet though, I don't see any prices.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11290/index.html

On Jan 6, 2011, at 1:34 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
> --
> Dan Pritts, Sr. Systems Engineer
> Internet2
> office: +1-734-352-4953 | mobile: +1-734-834-7224
> 
> 

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Bruce Curtis                         

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