From: Colin Barber (Colin.Barber@telewest.co.uk)
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 05:09:28 GMT-3
I cannot see there is any choice to be made here. You either get the 2950
which is a current product with advanced QoS, spanning-tree and security
features and great performance or the 2924 with it's 5 year old technology
and limited features.
You can do all your trunking configurations using dot1q. The only difference
is typing dot1q instead of isl on your 3550.
If I have the choice I would gladly pay double for the 2950 over the 2924.
It's also going to be much more desirable if you want to sell it in the
future.
Colin
-----Original Message-----
From: Aldo [mailto:febro@yahoo.com]
Sent: 15 May 2003 18:42
To: Charles Church; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: 2950 for the 2nd switch?
Thanks for all of your input. It makes me think twice which feature that I
need for lab exam.
2950:
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(+) more QoS features
(+) more filtering capabilities
(+) same commands "stripped down version" as 3550
(+) supports "desirable" trunk mode
(-) No ISL!!!
2924:
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(+) supports both dot1q & ISL
(-) doesn't support "desirable" trunk mode
(-) doesn't have as much QoS features as 2950
2950 sounds good, but I need to choose between QoS features or ISL
trunking!?
Is it fair/right to say that mastering QoS features on the switch is much
more important than trunking features?
Also, since 2950 is newer, I assume it offers better investment protection?
(correct me if I'm wrong)
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