Cisco Catalyst IE3400 Rugged Series Switches vs. Lantronix XPress-Pro SW

Amazing network management and extremely perfect network security production and its notification options are very responsive. Creating real time analytics and the visualization capability is fantastic. This Cisco Catalyst platform has effective insights gathering tools and its data quality control functions are good and quick on process reports preparation and workflow easy management product.

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Lantronix is very well suited for a lean and mean type of setup where the network devices are monitored, but the location does not have onsite IT support because with the Lantronix the Network Administrator can access the devices without onsite assistance. Lantronix is not necessary for a location with an onsite Network Administrator, but it is nice to be able to console connect without leaving your office.

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• It runs no matter how hot it gets. It's actually operated at times when it was exceeding its operational limits and continued to work.

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• Allows you to manage networking devices remotely
• Some have built-in environmental sensors
• Cost effective

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• The portdensity is poor (when compared to competition) which means that the IE-switches takes more space then competition.
• The price is not competitive, only possible to ship/sell to customers that are set on the Brand. To say that Cisco has more features (to motivate that these units cost more then the double) is not correct, the competition solves the same stuff differently.

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• I have no issues with the Lantronix devices that we use, other than some are console and some use regular ethernet

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The features are excellent. We have been able to utilize and customize the features

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The support team cares about fast workflow. They have been helpful

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Originally, used rack mount routers with ACLs. However, cost in terms of energy and rack space made doing NAT that way was very expensive.

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The only device that is similar to the Lantronix that I have used was a serial console device by WTI. The Lantronix is more intuitive, and as I have stated earlier in this review, has the environmental sensors built in. Other than those two minor details, there is virtually zero difference in the two products.

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• Before implementing these switches, production lines were constantly stopped due to network failures. This had a huge financial impact on the company.
• In addition to mitigating those flaws, you now have complete network monitoring with the joint implementation of the Cisco Industrial Network Director.

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• Lantronix along with thin clients has reduced onsite IT costs
• External environmental sensors are not necessary
• No need for a onsite network admin

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