asterisk users - Jan 2007 - Mabe OT? What managed switch is best for VoIP application?

My Trendnet 26 port managed switch gave up on me so I'm shopping for a 
new switch. I learned the hard way NOT to trust marketing material from 
anyone so now I'm asking the list: what am I looking for in a managed, 
VoIP switch?

P.S: For those that don't understand WHY I can't trust marketing 
material, let me tell you something about the Trendnet switch that's 
fast becoming "garbidge". I wanted an managed switch so I boght the 
switch had "Managed" and "Virtual LAN" in the biggest
possible letters.
Later, after buying two Intel 1Gb Virtual Lan Enabled network cards, I 
discovered my Trendnet switch doesn't do standard VLan, it only does 
VLan if linked to an other Trendnet switch - not useful at all!

Thanks,
Cosmin Prund

Cosmin Prund schrieb:
> P.S: For those that don't understand WHY I can't trust marketing 
> material, let me tell you something about the Trendnet switch that's 
> fast becoming "garbidge". I wanted an managed switch so I boght
the
> switch had "Managed" and "Virtual LAN" in the biggest
possible letters.
> Later, after buying two Intel 1Gb Virtual Lan Enabled network cards, I 
> discovered my Trendnet switch doesn't do standard VLan, it only does 
> VLan if linked to an other Trendnet switch - not useful at all!
"Standard Vlan" = 802.1q

Trendnet offered you only "VLAN in the Switch", not 802.1q

You have to look for the Protocol *802.1q*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLAN#Protocols_and_design

In article <45BCDB6F.9010407@cervicek.de>, patrick@cervicek.de
says...
> I worked with Cisco and HP and they should do what you are looking for.
> I even worked with cheap unmanaged switches ~20 Euro and they work with 
> VoIP.
Do you know for switch that can tell me that on port 7 there are two active SIP
calls. One of them goes to x.x.x.x IP address and another to sip.mydomain.com.
First lasts for 34 and another 51 seconds.


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Tomislav Parcina
ime.prezime@email.t-com.hr
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