I've started supporting a client with some aging DLink switches that need replacing - as a long time Netgear user I was planning on replacing them with a managed stack comprised of M4100 units - but....
The DLink switches have a simple banwidth control option on each port - just set the max bandwidth for ingress and egress on the port. These switches are used to provide Internet connectivity to different clients in our building that each pay per Mbps of max bandwidth they require - 5 down, 2 up etc. etc.
Some of the smaller Netgear switches seem to offer this facility, but these larger units appear only to have a complex CoS option. This appears to be way too complex for what I need. Am I missing something obvious here?
I understand you are looking for replacement switches for your network, let me see if I can help you out. For me to be able to help you find the device that will fit the requirements of your network, I would like to get the model number of the old DLink switch so I can find a NETGEAR switch that has the same or closest specifications. I would also like to know how many ports you need for the switches.
Sorry for the delay in replying - it all got a bit hectic at work for a while.
The DLink switches current in use are DGS-1210-24. These are used to deliver Internet connectivity to the client companies within the building and thus each port is in its own VLAN, with one port acting as an uplink to the Internet source and one reserved for the management VLAN.
These switches have very easy bandwidth control - just set a max kbps throughput for ingress and egress on each port - and this is used to limit the Internet bandwidth to the rate that each client pays for. I couldn't see a direct equivalent to this in the Netgear firmware of the managed switches I looked at - there are some rate limiting features but it seemed very complex.
