[GTALUG] Samsung router?

[o1bigtenor]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 9:48 AM Alvin Starr via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
> On 8/28/19 10:26 AM, James Knott via talk wrote:
> > On 2019-08-28 09:50 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote:
> >> There is always Ubiquiti. Their stuff is a little more expensive than
> >> what you will pay at CanadaComputers.
> >> They tend to have decent long term support becuase they sell to WISPs
> >> and there is usually an SSH/telnet capability built into the units so
> >> you can poke around inside.
> >> They now seem to sell direct in Canada.
> > Any business grade unit should have similar, along with management
> > software that runs on a computer.  These units also tend to be designed
> > for use on networks with multiple APs.  Cisco has some great gear, but
> > tends to be a bit pricey.
> I would disagree with the Cisco having good gear.
> Their consumer equipment may be better but their enterprise and carrier
> grade switches have a tendency to have ports go bad.
>
> I recently went through 2 days of network outage because a Cisco carrier
> switch had a port go bad and then the link was moved to a second port
> that was bad.
> In both cases Cisco carrier support could not identify the problem.
>
> Also in over 20 years of running networks for people the only switches
> to ever have a port go bad have been Cisco.
>
Hopefully this isn't considered a thread hijacking - - - but - - - -
is there any linux software for running a managed switch?

You are indicating that Cisco is perhaps not a great choice - - - - do
you have any recommendations? (Hopefully not ones that are seriously
'ouch' in the price department - -  - grin.)

regards