Re: Cheapest ethernet switch with monitor/mirror port?

[Mark Milhollan <mlm () ftel net>]

John Fraizer writes:
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Mark Milhollan wrote:

> > So far the HP ProCurve 4000m is looking pretty good.  

> They come half-populated because they come with one PS.  Start
> loading them up, it's a good idea to put the other PS in which gets
> expensive.  

Not when you take the other 40 ports from another half populated unit. :) 
Seems to work perfectly as the 'other' PS.  Which leaves you with a
spare controller and chassis.  Do that a few times, stacked, and you can
get some pretty darned good looking potential for a few GbE modules to
support.