[tech] Gigabit switch

On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 10:04:44PM +0800, Matt Johnston wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 09:53:23PM +0800, Grahame Bowland wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> I could certainly see simple partitioning being useful, for
> connecting cobbler/cybium/other clubroom machines to the
> machineroom servers. Madako should be able to route at
> something a lot faster than 100mbit even if it can't do full
> 1000mbit.

Yep, but surely in that case buying two 16-port GigE switches 
and having one for each side is better than paying approximately 
the same price for 16 ports with VLANs? :)