Looking for opinions/recomendations for 24-port switches

The following is a short-list of 24-port gigabit switches, sorted by
price (low to high) from $370 to $590 (street price).

Looking for comments/recomendations. This is for a small Windoze
network connected to the I-net behind a SpeedStream modem/nat-router.
PC's on the network will be a mix of 98/2K/NT. Netbeiu is main (or
only) file-sharing protocal. TCP will (naturally) be used (mainly for
direct internet access by individual PC's). Only major file-sharing
app will be AccPac (Pervasive SQL).

D-Link DGS-1024D 24-Port 10/100/1000 Unmanaged Layer 2 Gigabit swtc
Netgear JGS524 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
Netgear JGS524F 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Switch
D-Link DGS-1224T 24-Port Layer 2 Gigabit Switch
Netgear GS724T 24-Port Gigabit Smart Switch
Linksys SR2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Desktop Network Switch
3COM 3C17304 24-Port 10/100/1000 SuperStack 3 4228G Switch
Netgear GS524T 24-port 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit Switch
Linksys SRW2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Managed Network Switch

Haven't looked at gigabit ethernet cards for the PC's. Anything I
should be aware of / look out for? (do they all have drivers for
win-98?)

In article <441B6520.4B8F4A55.DeleteThis@Guy.com>, Net Guy <Net.DeleteThis@Guy.com> wrote:
>The following is a short-list of 24-port gigabit switches, sorted by
>price (low to high) from $370 to $590 (street price).
>
>Looking for comments/recomendations. This is for a small Windoze
>network connected to the I-net behind a SpeedStream modem/nat-router.
>PC's on the network will be a mix of 98/2K/NT. Netbeiu is main (or
>only) file-sharing protocal. TCP will (naturally) be used (mainly for
>direct internet access by individual PC's). Only major file-sharing
>app will be AccPac (Pervasive SQL).
>
>D-Link DGS-1024D 24-Port 10/100/1000 Unmanaged Layer 2 Gigabit swtc
>Netgear JGS524 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
>Netgear JGS524F 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Switch
>D-Link DGS-1224T 24-Port Layer 2 Gigabit Switch
>Netgear GS724T 24-Port Gigabit Smart Switch
>Linksys SR2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Desktop Network Switch
>3COM 3C17304 24-Port 10/100/1000 SuperStack 3 4228G Switch
>Netgear GS524T 24-port 10/100/1000 Copper Gigabit Switch
>Linksys SRW2024 24-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Managed Network Switch
>
>Haven't looked at gigabit ethernet cards for the PC's. Anything I
>should be aware of / look out for? (do they all have drivers for
>win-98?)


without a server, IMO GBE clients are pointless. A server with a GBE
interface to a switch with all the clients running 100MB is what I
would be planning on. I'd get rid of the 98 machines and moving to an
all-TCP network. (i was once told 98 can be run as TCP only but I
never played with it.)

Go for a managed switch.

How close are you to the 24 port size? If you see yourself hitting
that wall, pick a swicth that has a good sollution for stacking.

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