Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:45:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> Message-ID: <351894.26394.qm@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org>
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=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Gary Kline <kline@t= hought.org>=0ATo: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>=0ASe= nt: Wed, June 8, 2011 8:56:59 PM=0ASubject: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep>= =0A=0A=0AWell, people, =0A=0AIt's been a long, long century.=A0 I've been d= own for 5 days.=0ACouldn't understand _why_ I couldn't ping anywhere [expec= t the=0AServer itself].=A0 Finally, tho, it became more and more likely tha= t=0Amy FreeBSD was fine ... even tho I kept stripping the most likely=0Apro= blem points.=A0 My large 16-port LinkSys router was either *it* or=0Ait was= some kind of bug unknown to geekdom.=A0 After a friend bought=0Ame a new (= and tiny) 8-port switch, yes!=A0 I could ping everywhere.=A0 =0A=0AI'm stil= l bringing back the dozens of things I removed from ethic.=0AAnd testing ne= w ideas.=A0 But I have a general question: have any of=0Ayou wizards who ru= n your own domains or otherwise use a switch [or=0Ahub] *ever* had it just-= quit?!=A0 It is solid-state.=A0 Yes, the box is=0Awithin my feet/foot reach= .=A0 I have accidently kicked it i suppose,=0Abut still.=A0 =0A=0AAfter wan= dering in the wilderness for 5 days, <<mmph>>, dunno.=A0 =0A=0Agary=0A=0APS= : yes, this is a serious question.=A0 1) I like things-Cisco, and =0ALinkSy= s.=A0 I just bought this switch about 2.5 years ago, so I really=0Aam looki= ng for feedback.=0A=0APPS:=A0 Another question to ask about upgrading is ne= xt.=0A=0A=0A-- =0AGary Kline=A0 kline@thought.org=A0 http://www.thought.org= =A0 Public Service Unix=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Bo= ok: http://www.thought.org=0A=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 The 8.51a release of Jotti= ngs: http://jottings.thought.org=0A=0A_____________________________________= __________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.free= bsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail = to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A=0AGood to hear you'= re back on line. But to answer your question about parts going =0Abad. I ha= ven't had much go bad on me in the last 10 years but back in the 1990's =0A= when I was doing pure IT work and was making lots of purchases of parts I d= id. =0ANow you have to remember that back then a 28.8 modem cost $375 and c= ell phones =0Awere only in the hands of the very rich and very important. I= could buy parts =0Aand sometimes find them defective out of the box. Other= s would work fine.=0A=0AToday, I haven't bought many new components because= everything is working. My =0Aswitch has been operating fine for the last f= ive years. I replaced my FreeBSD =0Asever a few years ago. It was a P166 wi= th 96MB RAM and it had been running =0Aalmost non-stop, 24/7 for 12 years. = But then I had another machine right next to =0Ait that I built in 2002 and= it whimped out only a couple of years later and I =0Ahardly ever ran that = machine. =0A=0A=0AIn today's world, I would say that the majority of the pa= rts you buy will be =0Agood to go, but that's why parts only come with a 90= or 1 year warranty. The =0Amanufacturers know when to back off their guara= ntees on electronic components.=0A
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