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    • hobbit666H
      hobbit666 @ElecEng
      last edited by hobbit666

      @eleceng said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

      what would be my best vendor? Prefer someone online.

      You'll get a few different views on this as everyone will have their "preferred" manufacturer of switches.
      Like Edgeswitch, Unifi, TP-Link, Netgear etc etc

      Personally I've been getting a few TP-Link Jetstream range, they have a central management solution.
      But also like Dell for our main infrastructure, only had to phone them maybe 2 times in the last 6 odd years and support and always been quick and polite.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @ElecEng
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        @eleceng said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

        As someone who only purchases this type of gear once in a blue moon what would be my best vendor? Prefer someone online.

        Hit up DCW. Ask for Yonay, Ami, or Mike.

        https://datacenterwarehouse.com/

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @hobbit666
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          @hobbit666 said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

          @eleceng said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

          what would be my best vendor? Prefer someone online.

          You'll get a few different views on this as everyone will have their "preferred" manufacturer of switches.
          Like Edgeswitch, Unifi, TP-Link, Netgear etc etc

          Personally I've been getting a few TP-Link Jetstream range, they have a central management solution.
          But also like Dell for our main infrastructure, only had to phone them maybe 2 times in the last 6 odd years and support and always been quick and polite.

          I THINK he means the reseller. As much as we all want him to deploy anything but Cisco, it's a customer requirement. Assuming that that was true, it's the VAR, not the vendor, that he meant to ask for (the vendor rep.)

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          • gjacobseG
            gjacobse
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            Vendor?

            Are you a for or non-profit.

            I used TecSoup )IIRC) and got hard / soft ware at a fraction of MSRP.

            AFAIK, the two 24 (or 48) port Cisco Smart switch’s are still there and running- fifteen years later. (Hope they have been replaced by now honestly).

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              ElecEng @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller Yes I meant Reseller / VAR

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @ElecEng
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                @eleceng said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                @scottalanmiller Yes I meant Reseller / VAR

                Then definitely DCW. I told them to watch this thread.

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                • travisdh1T
                  travisdh1 @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                  @eleceng said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                  @scottalanmiller Yes I meant Reseller / VAR

                  Then definitely DCW. I told them to watch this thread.

                  Was that supposed to be CDW?

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                  • EddieJenningsE
                    EddieJennings @travisdh1
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                    @travisdh1 said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                    Was that supposed to be CDW?

                    No, as I've recently learned DCW is its own company.

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                    • travisdh1T
                      travisdh1 @EddieJennings
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                      @eddiejennings said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                      @travisdh1 said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                      Was that supposed to be CDW?

                      No, as I've recently learned DCW is its own company.

                      I hadn't heard of them.

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @travisdh1
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                        @travisdh1 said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                        @eddiejennings said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                        @travisdh1 said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                        Was that supposed to be CDW?

                        No, as I've recently learned DCW is its own company.

                        I hadn't heard of them.

                        I use them also.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @travisdh1
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                          @travisdh1 said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                          @eleceng said in Need to Purchase a New Switch What Cisco Family?:

                          @scottalanmiller Yes I meant Reseller / VAR

                          Then definitely DCW. I told them to watch this thread.

                          Was that supposed to be CDW?

                          No, what crazy person would recommend them?

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