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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">One of my clients deployed S3900s, both 24- and 48-port copper models, across half a dozen sites, and I did 99% of the config.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Theoretically the 5800s are just a faster/beefier version but haven’t seen them in person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">They… work, more or less. Some of the hardcoded limits are just stupid, like max 32 DHCP-relayed devices per L3 interface/VLAN and the 33<sup>rd</sup> client just doesn’t get DHCP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Either the intermediate carrier out there is stripping VLAN tags, or there’s something really weird with their trunking, not sure which yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Both the GUI and CLI are required to configure a switch in practice – perhaps you can use the CLI exclusively if you’re an expert, but holy cow some of the config language is radically unintuitive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">OTOH, even basic models have some advanced features like EAPS/ERPS in the base system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">It’s very clear to me from the capabilities and language used in the original OS release that this model, at least, was originally targeting ILECs almost exclusively (e.g. console port == craft interface).
Newer software releases have made them a little less obscure or difficult to work work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I can’t quite say “don’t buy them” but I sure wouldn’t recommend them, either.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Broadly put: you get what you pay for!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">-Adam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#44546A;background:white">Adam Thompson</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#44546A;background:white"><br>
Consultant, Infrastructure Services<br>
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100 - 135 Innovation Drive<br>
Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8<br>
(204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only)<br>
<a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" target="_blank">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a><br>
<a href="http://www.merlin.mb.ca/" target="_blank">www.merlin.mb.ca</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> NANOG <nanog-bounces+athompson=merlin.mb.ca@nanog.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Angeletti<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 13, 2022 2:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> nanog@nanog.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> fs.com Ethernet switches<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wondering if anyone on the list has any experiences with
<a href="http://fs.com">fs.com</a> Ethernet switches that they are willing to share (good or bad)? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We're looking for some cost effective L2 only 10Gb-T switches and their S58XX switches have come up as a potential option. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Rich<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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