tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89622893273720972362024-10-24T20:49:21.246-07:00HP Pro Curve reviewsjbad10http://www.blogger.com/profile/09591255306389878779noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962289327372097236.post-52806224151098462652012-01-24T10:16:00.000-08:002012-01-24T15:35:39.795-08:00HP Pro Curve 1810g review<br />
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<b>The Pros:</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span>Extremely light weight & super quiet<span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span>Web interface is easy to master<span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span>Priced under $500(excluding the fiber modules)</li>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Cons:</b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span>No Spanning tree<span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span>No command line interface<span style="font-family: Symbol;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span>Only has 22 ports when fiber is connected</li>
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This is my review of the HP Pro Curve 1810g switch. HP has truly done a great thing when they
purchase 3com and used their hardware for the new switches. These switches are work horses and they don’t
make a sound! Sitting in a quiet room
with only the switch you wouldn’t be able to tell that it’s powered on other
than by the lights flashing. The user
friendly web interface is nice to have even though most of us still prefer to
have the CLI which is not available in the 1810 version. Setting up a VLAN is a breeze. Occasionally when I do a configuration
change the switch requires me to reboot it before it takes place. However, this is not always the case. I believe that the performance is comparable
to Cisco’s line of switches, but for a small business environment with a low
budget for network equipment, they are perfect.
I can take one of these out of the box and within 5 minutes have it
ready for installation in my network. I
think this is thanks to the nice and easy to use web interface on these lower
end models.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Bottom line:</b> The
HP Pro Curve 1810 is an affordable, reliable, quiet alternative in the
networking world for those smaller businesses looking to move their networks to
gigabit speed.</div>jbad10http://www.blogger.com/profile/09591255306389878779noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8962289327372097236.post-66552718680970673572012-01-24T09:44:00.000-08:002012-01-24T15:35:59.234-08:00Welcome to my HP Pro Curve review blogHello all. I'm here to blog about my experience with HP and their Pro Curve line of devices. First off, my network is a proud user of HP networking equipment. I think they've done a fantastic job and making these products reliable and more importantly affordable to those IT departments that don't typically get to spend a dime. We recently switched our entire infrastructure from Cisco to HP(sorry Cisco). Our core switch is the HP5406 that is completely decked out with 4 24 port gigabit modules, 1 fiber channel module, and last but not least a 2 port 10 gigabit ether channel to support our virtualization. My next few blogs will discuss in more detail each model that I have experienced. <br />
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HP Pro Curve: Behind the lifetime warranty<br />
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