Gigabit Switches

[EvilC0P]

Good morning guys,

one thing i have been looking for lately is a gigabit switch.

for my work office. trying to find some options and opinions.

so far, i already have 3 Dell PowerConnect 5324 for one segment of my network.
But looking for 2 more switches to complete my other segment, that is a lot more important let's say.

So was wondering if those Dell PowerConnect 5324 were reliable enough.

advantage, is they are relatively cheap, around 1200$ canadian.

was looking for a Cisco one, cataclyst 2950... but price is around 5200$.

Was trying to find reviews of the Dlink one, D-Link’s DGS-3224TGR, that is priced @ ~1500$.

So wondering if it is worth spending a LOT more money for a Cisco switch or i could get away with a Dell or Dlink ( or whatever else is better ).

my need : a reliable and good enough 24 ports gigabit Switch. no need of any fancy options. no vlan.
thank you for your help/opinions.

[YeOldeStonecat]

People seem to report having good luck with the Dell PowerConnect switches.

In my opinion..if you're on a smaller network (non-enterprise)..and don't need to get heavy into management features of a switch..then sticking with an easier to use, less expensive switch is fine.

I've been using the Linksys/Cisco SRW series of switches lately...I really like them...great entry-mid range switches.

[rsalinger]

The dell switches are so cheap compared to the others that you could just buy two and when the first one breaks, well you've got another. The cisco stuff is really intended for heavy duty commercial application. If you've got a simple office environment, the dells will do fine
rgrds-ross