Have you looked at Dell?  The 2824 meets your requirements and is <$300.

http://dell.to/7GV7bb

Dan

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 03:31:07AM -0500, J Georgius wrote:
>    I am looking at replacing a switch for a small office setting and have
>    been looking for a couple months now for a good reliable switch and
>    franky, i'm not excited by the offerings that I see. Cisco is not an
>    option for me, but anything else goes. The features I want/need are
>    Gigabit,  vlan support and low power consumption if thats possible, I
>    currently have a 24 port, so I think a 24 port would work well. Does
>    anyone have any suggestions or experience with a smaller(semi) managed
>    (vlan) capable switch?
> 
>    So far I've looked at extreme networks, juniper, transistion networks and
>    netgear. Netgear has a nice price, but I don't want to sacrifice stability
>    and reliability, since it won't get alot of attention.
> 
>    Thanks in advance
> 
>    Jesse

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