>> These "switches" are actually *routers*. That's why they're so damn 
>> expensive - each one is a 24-port *router*!!
> 
> Which model are you getting?

Cisco Catalyst 3560.

> BTW, just because a switch does layer 3 inspection (for QoS and such), does not make
it a router.  It may still be directing the packets to the appropriate port based on
the MAC address (layer 2) and
> not the IP address.

You can argue about the names. The point is it provides wildly more 
functionallity than we actually need.

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