Hello all @ 3000-l,

RE: hp ProCurve Switch 2708

Has any one had experience with the hp ProCurve Switch 2708 ?

http://www.smb.compaq.com/optionCategories.asp?oi=E9CED&BEID=19701&SBLID=&Su
perCategoryId=168   <watch the wrap>

a low-cost, unmanaged 8-port switch with 10/100/1000 auto-sensing per
port and hp Auto-MDIX on all 10/100/1000 ports

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I have a diagnostic h/w room with a mixture of 10Mb, 100BT and now a
few Unix 1000BT Gigabit network links.

Most of the 10Mb system links (40+) are randomly connected to several
of the hp 8-port 10Mb hubs;  The 100BT system links (5) are connected
to a hp 8-port 100BT hub;  We have 3 new systems capable of 1000BT
Gigabit Ethernet.

I would like to connect the 3 1000BT systems each to a port in this
switch, the 1 100BT hub to a port on this switch and the several 10Mb
hubs to the remaining ports on this switch saving 1 port as a path
back to a 10Mb backbone...

The utilization and travel levels on this network are extremely low.

I am also considering only handling the 100BT and 1000BT traffic with
this switch again saving 1 port as a path back to a 10Mb backbone...

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Any feedback ?

Thanks ahead of time.

Regards,

James Hofmeister
Hewlett Packard - Global Solutions Engineering (WTEC)
P.S. My Ideals are my own, not necessarily my employers.




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