3Com Baseline Switches (Discontinued) vs Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches

Likelihood to Recommend

As our company is growing we need to be able to upgrade our equipment. It is great for smaller companies.

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Employee in Information Technology

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

They work great as core switches, data center switches, top of rack switches. They can even serve as routers, their routing capability is great, except for where you need lots of routing processing power. I would not use many of them for branch office switches though, due to noise and slowness of bootup

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Engineer in Information Technology

Publishing Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pros

Great product used on a budget.
It gets the job done.
Better switches than most competitors.

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Employee in Information Technology

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

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Very stable.
Cost efficient
Easy management
Great Juniper 24*7 TAC support
Different variants available for different requirements.
Easy to replace faulty hardware

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Engineer in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Our network is slow.
Feels like things are not working properly at times.
Old equipment.

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Employee in Information Technology

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

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Virtual chassis new switch has overwritten existing config if not performed in a particular way.
Applying a configuration to a range of interfaces could be done in a better way.
Applying firewall rules to multiple security zones could be done a little more efficiently.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches 8.2

Based on 7 answers

Many times when contacting Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches support, it seems that it is easiest for support to recommend a straight replacement (RMA) instead of taking time to walk through a solution on the faulty system. We find we get better help from a third-party consulting firm that has Juniper certified technicians or professionals on staff. They take the time to explain processes and workflow, which Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches support seems to shy away from.

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Craig Brady

Senior Systems Analyst

City of Santa MariaGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I used Cisco and Cisco is a great product but more on the expensive side. This is a great product for smaller companies.

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Employee in Information Technology

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

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The rollback, commit and confirm are the biggest players in the game. Juniper is the only one who has those features, so I believe they have a leg up in the game. The CLI is one of the easiest to work with.

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Michael Haberkern

Network Engineer Supervisor

City of Santa MariaGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

Great price.
Great product for small company.
It was great before we expanded.

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Employee in Information Technology

Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees

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From a user's point of view, the ease of configuration and management has been incredible. Much less time is spent maintaining Juniper than previous solutions.
From a reseller's point of a view, Juniper is excellent. They treat small partners like us very well even if our volume is not huge. Juniper switches are part of our standard solution that has been great for our customers.

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Randy Carpenter

Vice President

First Network Group, Inc.Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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3Com Baseline Switches (Discontinued) vs Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches