Mr_Jiminy Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Anyone used any of this particular line? I'm looking at the 'cisco SF200-48'. Look to me like rebranded Linksys switches.
twin--turbo Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 Anyone used any of this particular line? I'm looking at the 'cisco SF200-48'. Look to me like rebranded Linksys switches. I steer clear and stick with catalyst units, even second hand ones are better than most other stuff. Cisco sold Linksys to Belkin a few months back so if they are rebaged then expect the range to be poorly supported by cisco. Rob
catch21 Posted September 10, 2013 Posted September 10, 2013 We use Cisco SG300 switches, 10 port PoE, 10 port and 28 port. They can be recycled/rebadged matchboxes for all I care, they get the job done at an effective price. 1
Mr_Jiminy Posted September 11, 2013 Author Posted September 11, 2013 I steer clear and stick with catalyst units, even second hand ones are better than most other stuff. Cisco sold Linksys to Belkin a few months back so if they are rebaged then expect the range to be poorly supported by cisco. Rob Have you used this particular range?
catch21 Posted September 12, 2013 Posted September 12, 2013 We've previously had 3Com but don't do anything hugely sophisticated with our network.
Michael Posted September 12, 2013 Posted September 12, 2013 They're fine for the market they're aimed for. I wouldn't use them for a school personally, but for switches that offer decent transfer speeds without the advanced L2 or L3 management options they're not bad.
twin--turbo Posted September 12, 2013 Posted September 12, 2013 They're fine for the market they're aimed for. Realy we need clarification from the OP as to the intended purpose, otehr infrastructure, etc... Rob
Mr_Jiminy Posted September 14, 2013 Author Posted September 14, 2013 We decided against the purchase.
PRicho Posted November 12, 2013 Posted November 12, 2013 Why so Mr_Jiminy? I am looking at replacing our HP Procurve and these popped up as an attractive option.. performance looks good and they are stackable.. yes they don't have proper IOS but via web config has all the configuration options we need.. I want some evidence theses are rubbish before I pay more for a 'better' switch. I don't like the idea they are aimed at Small Business but what are the downsides - IOS and poor support?? Anybody running these in a stack of 5 that can vouch for there performance? Pete
cpjitservices Posted November 12, 2013 Posted November 12, 2013 Why not just replace with new Pro-Curves... Pro-Curves are about the best switches on the market. I wouldnt touch those little Linksys Switches. Just stick with HP Why so Mr_Jiminy? I am looking at replacing our HP Procurve and these popped up as an attractive option.. performance looks good and they are stackable.. yes they don't have proper IOS but via web config has all the configuration options we need.. I want some evidence theses are rubbish before I pay more for a 'better' switch. I don't like the idea they are aimed at Small Business but what are the downsides - IOS and poor support?? Anybody running these in a stack of 5 that can vouch for there performance? Pete
twin--turbo Posted November 12, 2013 Posted November 12, 2013 Cisco sold Linksys earlier in the year to Belkin BTW...
crt404 Posted November 12, 2013 Posted November 12, 2013 Yes, they are rebranded LinkSys - the early firmware still had the LinkSys logo in the top left of the web interface. Be warned, and make certain the unit you are looking at has ssh access if that's what you're used to. A couple of old units we had did not have any CLI to them at all and had to be configured over a web interface. Also, check that they have the feature sets you require. We found them to be lacking in a couple of areas.
Gaz Posted November 12, 2013 Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) We use a Cisco SG300-52 and its been faultless for about ~3 years now. It is on a small network though with about 30 concurrent users (excluding devices) on it. Edited November 12, 2013 by Gaz
catch21 Posted November 13, 2013 Posted November 13, 2013 ...I wouldnt touch those little Linksys Switches.... What problems have you found with them?
catch21 Posted November 13, 2013 Posted November 13, 2013 Why so Mr_Jiminy? I am looking at replacing our HP Procurve and these popped up as an attractive option.. performance looks good and they are stackable.. yes they don't have proper IOS but via web config has all the configuration options we need.. I want some evidence theses are rubbish before I pay more for a 'better' switch. I don't like the idea they are aimed at Small Business but what are the downsides - IOS and poor support?? Anybody running these in a stack of 5 that can vouch for there performance? Pete I'm running 6 on site, 2 x 10MP, 2 x 10 and 2 x 28. They have been faultless, cheap, easy to configure and I've never found anything I wanted/needed to do that they couldn't do. What this thread needs is people coming in saying "they dont do this...." or "they don't support that..." or "I've used them for 12 months and 50% have failed..." but all we hear is "I wouldn't touch these with a barge pole". Why not? After a string of IT "consultants" who have come into our establishment peddling what is in their interest to peddle, not in ours to buy, I'm deeply suspicious of recommendations and opinions without facts to back them up.
Hefferzzzz Posted November 13, 2013 Posted November 13, 2013 Not a problem at all using them for small, uncomplicated, unmanaged set ups. Reliable and cheap enough to replace if they go bang outside of warranty. Buy the best you can and at that price they are the best.
Gaz Posted November 13, 2013 Posted November 13, 2013 I'm running 6 on site, 2 x 10MP, 2 x 10 and 2 x 28. They have been faultless, cheap, easy to configure and I've never found anything I wanted/needed to do that they couldn't do. What this thread needs is people coming in saying "they dont do this...." or "they don't support that..." or "I've used them for 12 months and 50% have failed..." but all we hear is "I wouldn't touch these with a barge pole". Why not? After a string of IT "consultants" who have come into our establishment peddling what is in their interest to peddle, not in ours to buy, I'm deeply suspicious of recommendations and opinions without facts to back them up. I suspect those people have no hands on experience of the products and are just bad mouthing based on the Linksys name which was ditched ages ago from Cisco's lineup.
AngryTechnician Posted November 13, 2013 Posted November 13, 2013 My only experience with these was with an SG200-08, but it was not good. Every few weeks it would completely drop the gigabit uplink to the router on the floor below and require a cold reset before it would start working again. This was especially irritating as it was at a remote site. Support just blamed the cabling, and I wasn't about to buy another one out of pocket to prove them wrong. Now, I can't say for certain that the ~25m of Cat5e we are using for the uplink is perfect, but my Fluke meter says it's fine, and I've since replaced the Cisco with an equivalent Netgear(!) and haven't had a problem since with the same cable. Would not buy again.
PRicho Posted November 21, 2013 Posted November 21, 2013 I'm running 6 on site, 2 x 10MP, 2 x 10 and 2 x 28. They have been faultless, cheap, easy to configure and I've never found anything I wanted/needed to do that they couldn't do. What this thread needs is people coming in saying "they dont do this...." or "they don't support that..." or "I've used them for 12 months and 50% have failed..." but all we hear is "I wouldn't touch these with a barge pole". Why not? After a string of IT "consultants" who have come into our establishment peddling what is in their interest to peddle, not in ours to buy, I'm deeply suspicious of recommendations and opinions without facts to back them up. Exactly, A school down the road from us has just kitted themselves out with these and are singing their praises.. the HP Core switch alternative 5412ZL populated with all modules comes in at 17k.. 11k more than 5 cisco switches which is pretty much a new computer suite. Not sure I can justify that cost..
Jamman960 Posted November 21, 2013 Posted November 21, 2013 I've got 3 SF300's on site and they've done ok for the last couple of years, the ESW540 I brought to connect our server's to isn't as reliable unfortunatly, once it stopped passing traffic all togeather until rebooted and other times after reboots it loses its config... not fun when it defaults to locking down ports with more than 1 mac(defaults to desktop profile). I'd buy small business for access switches but possibly not for the core again
Gaz Posted November 21, 2013 Posted November 21, 2013 the ESW540 I brought to connect our server's to isn't as reliable unfortunatly, once it stopped passing traffic all togeather until rebooted and other times after reboots it loses its config... not fun when it defaults to locking down ports with more than 1 mac(defaults to desktop profile). Perhaps that would be resolved with a firmware update. I know the Sx300 series had an issue where they would require a reboot every 50 days prior to a firmware update. I've currently got x1 SG300-52 and I'm about to buy x1 SG500-52 and x1 SG500-28 to replace some failing Allied Telesis switches.
twin--turbo Posted November 21, 2013 Posted November 21, 2013 replace some failing Allied Telesis switches. I though all the AT stuff come out of the factory broken had to pull a few of them in various places. Worst ever experience was an old "Planet" switch that used to be our core 12 years ago. That locked up regularly. Replaced it with a D-Link DES6000 Chassis which lasted 7-8 years in service. Rob
Gaz Posted November 21, 2013 Posted November 21, 2013 You could well be right. We got them second hand and they've been in service for 6 years and its only in the last year that they've been failing so its not too bad but they are also 10/100 so that is reason alone to replace them.
3s-gtech Posted November 21, 2013 Posted November 21, 2013 D-Link DES6000 Chassis which lasted 7-8 years in service. Ours must have done even more than that, only replaced it last year with a 5406zl. What a solid piece of kit it was, just got too old and massively over-capacity in the end. Still works now. We have a large number of SG300-10MPs here as PoE injectors. They were very nice to set up and work on, and seem very solid little switches on the back of a Procurve network.
Gaz Posted November 21, 2013 Posted November 21, 2013 HP doesn't half get raved about on Edugeek, what is a comparable HP model to say a SG300/500 series Cisco?
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