H3C switches and routers
We are a H3C reseller: S series switches, MSR routers, WX Wi-Fi controllers, Comware. Delivered with the settings already on it, installed where that is needed, and with a price and lead time before you decide.
What H3C makes
H3C grew out of the Huawei and 3Com joint venture and is now Chinese-owned. It supplies a complete network line (switches up to the core, routers, Wi-Fi controllers) with Comware as the operating system, which reads quickly for anyone who knows Cisco. The price-performance ratio is why the brand gains ground outside China.
Why H3C, and where it stops
H3C is defensible where price per port decides and the environment is not politically sensitive: a production hall, a data centre rack, a campus network without government customers. The specifications per euro on the better models are demonstrably stronger than with the Western brands. What you need to know alongside: the brand is Chinese, so in a tender or a critical application it drops out, then we look at Aruba, Juniper or Extreme. And the knowledge in the market is thinner here, so the question of whom you call when it goes wrong belongs in the choice.
Which H3C we supply
S series switches, MSR routers, WX Wi-Fi controllers, Comware
What the price depends on
We do not run a webshop, so there is no rate here that would not apply to your situation anyway. What is here is what the amount depends on, so you know what to send along to get one quickly.
- Model and configurationWithin one product line the gap between the entry model and the heaviest variant is large. Tell us what the device has to do and we pick the configuration that fits, rather than the most expensive one that would.
- The quantityOn a larger batch the per-device price comes down. Twenty at once is a different conversation from two, even when everything else is equal.
- What has to be on itA device delivered with your settings, software and security costs more than a box, and saves an installation day per unit. That is a choice, not a surcharge.
- Delivery and installationTo one address or to fifteen sites, with or without on-site placement, with or without taking away what was there. That difference is in the price and it is yours to steer.
- Buying or renting, and for how longThe same equipment can be a purchase or a monthly amount across three or four years. That changes not only the figure but where it lands in the books, and it is the conversation with the most in it.
What we do around H3C
Supplying equipment is one thing. A network that holds on the busiest day is the work that follows.
- Design before anything is orderedThe building and the usage first, the equipment second. A quote without a design is a guess with a price on it.
- Configuration that is recordedSettings live in version control, so a replacement device runs like the old one within the hour.
- Segmentation from the startGuest network, office and equipment kept apart, so one infected device does not take the rest with it.
- Monitoring on itLines and equipment are watched, so a fault is known to us before you call.
What H3C plugs into
What it hangs together with in practice. If you already run these, the brand fits onto what is there instead of beside it.
- SNMP
- VLAN and QoS
- OSPF and BGP
Delivered worldwide
We deliver in the Netherlands, Belgium and Türkiye from our own offices, and beyond that through our distribution partners. On a larger batch the per-device price comes down.
Frequently asked
Do you supply H3C on its own, without management?
Yes. We supply and configure, and whether the management stays with us is a separate choice. What we do not do is hand over a box and leave the rest to you.
Which H3C equipment do you supply?
The business lines: S series switches, MSR routers, WX Wi-Fi controllers, Comware. What fits follows from the number of sites, the number of devices and what is coming in the next few years.
Can you take over an existing network?
Yes, and that always starts with documenting what is there. At a handover it is usually the documentation that is missing, not the equipment.
Need H3C? Ask for a price
Tell us how many and where it has to go, and a price with a lead time comes back.
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