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

[pete wright]

On 1/3/06, Mikel King <mikel.king at ocsny.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 3, 2006, at 2:29 PM, pete wright wrote:
>
> > On 1/3/06, Mikel King <mikel.king at ocsny.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Jan 3, 2006, at 1:15 PM, Isaac Levy wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hey All,
> >>>
> >>> Do any of the Networking hardcores on this list have any good
> >>> reccomendations for switches?
> >>>
> >>> 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?  I've found many
> >>> good looking unmanaged switches, but no snmp- and I'd *really* like
> >>> to simply do traffic analysis on a per-ip basis (snmp and mrtg
> >>> would do just fine for this application).
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> 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...
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> OR, any other ideas on how to per-ip bandwidth analysis with
> >>> unmanaged switches?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>> .ike
> >>
> >> Dude,
> >>
> >>         I honestly don't know of any unmanaged switches that'll do
> >> all that
> >> for you. General rule is no management::no snmp especially in the 24
> >> port giga versions . On the other hand Adtran 1524 ST lists for like
> >> $1300ish, and I've been buying them for a couple bills less through
> >> channel. It's a great giga switch with all the bells and a few
> >> whistles too.
> >>
> >
> > do those guy's do large frames (9600 MTU)?  regarding the traffic
> > analysis Ike, I'm agreeing with charles...
>
> You mean jumbo frame buffers? They are supposed to be adding jbf
> support in the March release of the OS for the switch. I've been
> awaiting this feature since Sept 05, because we are doing iSCSI SAN
> systems and will need that come April.
>

yea jumbo packets or what ever term people are using now ;)  IMO that
is a neccessary feature for any Gig-E switch....

-p


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