[Cialug] Snort in a switched network

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I've used netgear rackmount 10/100 and 10/100/1000 switches in
production environments without issue.  I think they are a very good
value and good choice for IT departments with limited resources.

<war story>
I used to work for a broadband wireless company that used some
proprietary 5ghz equipment. The subscriber units had an issue where they
would spew malformed and runt packets onto the customers networks. Once
day I noticed that if I used one of the 4 port Netgear switches between
the SU and the customers network, it would "filter" out the malformed
packets.... 
</war story>

I can't speak to the issue of the Dell being a Netgear with differant
firmware. However, it did look like to me that the older NetGear 10/100
switches (the metal cased ones) might be Bay network switches or
manufactured by them.

:) Dave


On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 13:07, Nathan C. Smith wrote:
> I heard recently that some Dell is Netgear with different firmware...?
> You have firsthand experience, what do you think?
> 
> I've heard people say netgear was the greatest and some say "not so great".
> I was talking to somebody recently trying to push 10 Gbits through a Netgear
> and they were having trouble with matching speeds/duplex. With another
> switch.  Somebody else was saying they did a comparison and found Netgear
> did just as well as the others and cost much less.  
> 
> Personally, I'm afraid to put netgear in a critical spot at work. I have
> several at home now and have given up on anything plastic, like dlink or
> linksys.  I'm looking at the adtran family of switches right now.
> 
> Sorry about rambling on about all the hearsay.
> 
> -Nate
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Champion [mailto:dave at visionary.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 12:33 PM
> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Snort in a switched network
> 
> 
> Speaking of switches... I'm loooking at getting a good but not too 
> expensive 10/100/1000 managed switch. I'm leaning towards the Netgear 
> GS724T :
> 
> http://www.netgear.com/products/details/GS724T.php
> 
> Newegg has them for $322.
> 
> The other one I was thinking about is the Dell 3424:
> 
> http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pwcnt_3424?c=us
> &cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
> 
> They're $374 (retail price).
> 
> I've also used some Nortel / Baystack 10/100 switches, which were very 
> good, but they're a bit pricey on their gigabit equipment still. They 
> are over twice as much as either of the options above. Netgear is owned 
> by the same people, but on the surface anyway, it looks like they've 
> kept the products seperate.
> 
> I've had bad experiences with HP and 3Com networking equipment, so I'd 
> like to stay away from them.
> 
> Anyone have any experience with these? I'm currently running a mix of 
> Dell & Netgear, and both of them have been very well behaved.
> 
> -dc
> 
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