[tech] Gigabit switch

[Grahame Bowland]

On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 05:30:47PM +0800, Nick Bannon wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 03:00:00PM +0800, committee at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote:
> > The current agenda is:
> > grahame : Buy a gig switch. $485 for a 16 port D-Link from Harris Tech.
> [...]
> 
> Which model's that? On http://www.ht.com.au/ I can see the unmanaged
> DGS-1016D's for $578.00 .
> 
> The D-Link DGS-1216T Smart switch looks better, at $802.00 . The specs
> say "port based VLANs", but I'm not sure that means 802.1q .
> http://www.dlink.com.au/Default.aspx?ArticleID=1016
> 
> The DGS-1248T _does_ say 802.1q, but it's $2,080 - are you sure that
> the 16 port version does it as well?
> http://www.dlink.com.au/Default.aspx?ArticleID=200

That price is the magic UWA price for a DGS-1016D. UWA staff can purchase
from HT at that price.

Port-based VLAN probably means the 1216T can do 802.1q based on the port,
none of the MAC-based VLAN stuff. We wouldn't need that. Alex can probably
give us pricing on a DGS-1216T.. 

Do we actually need VLANs on a UCC gig switch? The thing is almost twice
the price; wouldn't all the things we'd want to connect at Gig be on
the same (machine room) VLAN?