Juniper Switches

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I bought ten Cisco 1841 routers, 4 Cisco 2960 and 4 Cisco 2950 switches. I then learned HP makes switches and added one HP switch. I now have found out Juniper makes switches and thought I'd add one of those since on Ebay I found the Cisco and HP switches for as little as $30 for the Cisco switches and $70 for the HP switch. However, there were no Juniper switches for less than several hundred dollars and some were in the thousands.

Is there some reason Juniper switches are so much more expensive? How do they compare to the Cisco and HP switches?

David,

I had to ask Don about this one. Like you, I was stumped for this one. Don says its probably two things:

1. Sheer volume of switches sold, Juniper may sell less and therefore has a high price.

2. The enterprise types of switches may do more in batch commands and other functionalities in their JunOS.

3. (Don says)...they're just that awesome..but as afar as he knows there's no hidden hardware tech that would make them that way..

Cordially,
Ronnie Wong
Host, ITProTV