<div dir="ltr">Hey Adam<div><br></div><div>It's never too late<br><div><br></div><div>I have actually looked at the HP Procurve switches, I have used them before and a friend has one I can borrow.</div><div>It looks very similar to yours</div><div><br></div><div>I haven't tried the LACP mode yet, I was waiting on my cat5e and cat6 cables</div><div><br></div><div>For that price, that's very cheap for a HP gigabit sw. My friend said I could borrow his and use it for testing.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for that information and the reply</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers Paul<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 6:34 AM, Adam Ashley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:plug@adamashley.name" target="_blank">plug@adamashley.name</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Paul,<div><br></div><div>Know this might be a bit late for you, but thought I'd put it out there for anyone else looking for the same sort of thing.</div><div><br></div><div>The HP 1810 series of switches are perfect for what you're after.</div><div><a href="http://www.estore.com.au/hp-1810-24g-24-ports-manageable-ethernet-switch-sku-hps0691" target="_blank">http://www.estore.com.au/hp-1810-24g-24-ports-manageable-ethernet-switch-sku-hps0691</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Web Managed, VLAN, QoS, LACP.</div><div>8, 24 and 48 port models, 24 and 48 port models include SPF sockets.</div><div><br></div><div>I currently use two of them here, one is the core for my vmware cluster, and one as my core network switch. Both have LACP bonded links to the mikrotik router, while the vmware cluster one has various configurations of round robin, lacp and failover from the vmhosts, and bonded links from the iscsi server.</div><div><br></div><div>Can't fault them, very reliable and fast, and can be picked up new for between $200 and $300. Just double check model numbers there are still some FastEthernet models being sold out there as 1810-24 as opposed to 1810-24G.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Adam</div></font></span></div>
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