I have one of these.

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/Layer3ManagedSwitches/GSM7328FS.aspx

Relatively inexpensive, and works happily with Cisco or OEM GBICs. I've always had good success working with their engineering folks for feature requests and troubleshooting. My main gripe is there is no good RPS option for it right now.

Are you running the fiber connections as GigE, or 100FX? Are they L2 or L3 routed connections?

Andrew Staples wrote:

Speaking of running gig long distances, does anyone on the list have
suggestions on a >8 port L2 switch with fiber ports based on personal
experience?  Lots of 48 port gig switches have 2-4 fiber uplink ports, but
this means daisy-chains instead of hub/spoke.  Looking for a central switch
for a star topography to home fiber runs that is cost effective and works.

Considering:
DLink DXS-3326GSR
NetGear GSM7312
Foundry SX-FI12GM-4
Zyxel GS-4012F

I realize not all these switches are IEEE 802.3ae, Clause 49 or IEEE 802.3aq
capable.

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:06 PM
To: Michael Loftis
Cc: frank@dticonsulting.com; michael.dillon@bt.com; nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: cooling door

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:48:47 MDT, Michael Loftis said:

Yeah except in a lot of areas there is no MAN, and the ILECs want to 
bend you over for any data access.  I've no idea how well the MAN idea 
is coming along in various areas, but you still have to pay for access 
to it somehow, and that adds to overhead.  Which leads to attempt 
efficiency gains through centralization and increased density.


I doubt we'll ever see the day when running gigabit across town becomes cost
effective when compared to running gigabit to the other end of your server
room/cage/whatever.