> What are folks' recommendations for good semi-managed, cost-effective 
> gigabit switches at the moment? By "semi-managed" I mean features like 
> port trunking, VLANs, etc, but not necessarily the full management control 
> a true layer 3 switch would give you.
>
> Has anyone experience with things like the Netgear "smart switches" or 
> Linksys "webview" switches?
>
> Essentially, I'm trying to find the most cost-effective way of getting 
> VLAN-capable switches for a site, without the financial overhead of a true 
> managed switch.

I use a number of the D-Link DES-35xx series switches.  They're  a great 
switch for doing VLAN tagging, port trunking, a little bit of QoS (not 
application specific), etc.  I have a couple 3550s - 48 10/100 ports and 2 
10/100/1000 combo with GBIC ports and around 15 3526s - 24 10/100 ports and 
2 10/100/1000 combo ports.  They're fairly cheap - last ones I got were 
around $450 CAD I think.  You could likely find them cheaper on eBay 
perhaps.


Aaron