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Stephen Furley <furles@mail.croydon.ac.uk> wrote:
> I am familiar wiith the Procurve 224M, 2324 and 2524 switches, and
> the differences between them. How do the 2124, 2224 and 2424
> switches compare to these. I'm lookiing to buy a few secondhand
> switches, I would prefer 2524s, but the others often turn up on
> Ebay, and tend to be cheaper; what would I lose by going for those?

If you haven't already, you might try searching around at
http://www.hp.com/go/procurve I'm not 100% certain you'll find
everything there for stuff that is off the HP CPL, but it is worth a
look.

Internally I found this description of the 2124:

The Switch 2124 has 24 auto-sensing 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 ports, and
a slot for installing an HP 100-FX SC Transceiver (HP J4853A).


The features of the Switch 2124 include: 24 auto-sensing
10/100Base-TX RJ-45 ports with HP Auto-MDIX a slot for installing
an HP 100-FX SC Transceiver (HP J4853A) plug-and-play networking
all ports are enabled just connect the network cables to active
network devices and your switched network is operational HP
Auto-MDIX on all 10/100 twisted-pair ports, meaning that all
connections can be made using straight-through twisted-pair
cables. Cross-over cables are not required, although they will also
work. The pin operation of each port is automatically adjusted for
the attached device: if the switch detects that another switch or
hub is connected to the port, it configures the port as MDI; if the
switch detects that an endnode device is connected to the port, it
configures the port as MDI-X. automatic learning of the hardware
addresses in the switch s 4000-entry address forwarding table
automatically negotiated full-duplex operation for the fixed 10/100
RJ-45 ports when connected to other auto-negotiating devices the
transceiver port always operates at full duplex. auto-negotiation
of flow control for ports operating at full duplex

For the 2224:

The features of the Switch 2224 include: n 24 auto-sensing
10/100Base-TX RJ-45 ports n a slot for installing an HP 100Base-FX
Transceiver Module (HP J3193B) n plug-and-play networking all ports
are enabled just connect the network cables to active network
devices and your switched network is operational n automatic
learning of the hardware addresses in the switch s 12000-entry
address forwarding table n auto-negotiation of half/full duplex on
all ports n auto-negotiation of flow control for ports operating at
full duplex

And then the 2424M:

The features of the Switch 1600M and 2424M include: n 16 or 24
autosensing 10/100Base-TX RJ-45 ports n a slot for installing any
of the available switch modules as of this printing, these include:
" 8-port 10/100Base-TX Module (HP J4111A) " 4-port 100Base-FX
Module (HP J4112A) " 1-port Gigabit-SX Module (HP J4113A) " 1-port
Gigabit-LX Module (HP J4114A) " 4-port 10Base-FL Module (HP J4118A)
" Gigabit Stacking Module (HP J4130A for Switch 2424M only,
available Summer 1999) n the modules are hot swappable n
plug-and-play networking all ports are enabled just connect the
network cables to active network devices and your switched network
is operational n automatic learning of the network addresses in the
switch s 8000-address forwarding table, with configurable address
aging value n automatically negotiated full-duplex operation of the
10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, ports when connected to other auto-negotiating
or full-duplex devices Gigabit ports always operate at full duplex
n easy management of the switches through several available
interfaces: " web browser interface an easy to use built-in
graphical interface that can be accessed from common web
browsers. " console interface a full featured, easy to use, VT-100
terminal interface that is especially good for out-of-band switch
management, or for telnet access to the switch. " HP TopTools for
Hubs & Switches an SNMP-based, full-featured graphical network
management tool that you can use to manage your entire
network. This product is included with your new switch. n support
for the Spanning Tree Protocol to eliminate network loops n support
for up to 30 IEEE 802.1Q-compliant VLANs so you can divide the
attached end nodes into logical groupings that fit your business
needs n support for many advanced features to enhance network
performance described in the Management and Configuration Guide
that came with your switch.

hth,

rick jones
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