2.5K? No way. Get used or refurbished from Network Hardware or similar outlet. We rarely buy new. Used gear works just fine. -- Tim Sanderson, network administrator tims@donet.com -----Original Message----- From: Brandon Bennett [mailto:bennetb@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:21 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Managed, cheap, DC power switches I have a need for cheap managed DC power switches for our OSS and Monitoring (backoffice). I was wondering what everyone else have found in this space. I am currently using Cisco 2950's, but those are still 2.5K list and seems like too much to spend on something so trivial. I am looking for something with: * Better port density (48 ports per 1U), but 24 ports would work. * IOS like configuration (not needed, but would be nice not to crosstrain my team) I really don't want anything that is Web only. * CHEAP. The gear is mostly just for monitoring and big backplanes and features are not really needed. Thanks, Brandon