[nycbug-talk] Unmanaged Switch, SNMP traffic data?

[jh]

Isaac Levy wrote:
> Hey All,
> 
> I'm looking for the following:
> 24 port Gigabit Switches
> Unmanaged (though I want passive SNMP data so I can collect aggregate  
> traffic usage?)
> 
> Am I wishing for a product that doesn't exist?  

You might want to look at the Netgear GS724T.

> -- 
> I don't want to get into the layer2 and layer3 switches for a number  of 
> reasons, cost, complexity, more manageable stuff secure, and yet  
> another device to plug a wire into...
>
It isn't a true smart switch, but it does have SNMP and some other 
smart-switch-alike features - it supports jumbo frames, bonding, Qos, 
VLANs, etc. It has a very easy web interface. Mine cost something like 
~$350, and very well worth it IMO. I can attest to the jumbo frames and 
bonding support - we're using both to very good effect for some ghetto, 
relatively high-throughput NFS stuff - but haven't tried the SNMP myself.

jh