Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:25:27 -0400 From: Mike L <jackoroses@gmail.com> To: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com> Cc: "kline@thought.org" <kline@thought.org>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> Message-ID: <BANLkTinPrEJ4LfNh8pE7%2BR3Akxj2F4Lpxw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <15630_1307624948_4DF0C5F4_15630_82_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C4A2@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> <15630_1307624948_4DF0C5F4_15630_82_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C4A2@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com>
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whats this have to do with freebsd questions? You seem to have a bad habit of spamming the mailing list with mundane BS. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com> wrote: > $hit happens! Even with PERFECTLY clean power, things fail. Could take a > week or 10 years. That's why "enterprise" nets have redundant everything - > and there are still outages ;) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gary Kline [mailto:kline@thought.org] > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 07:56 PM > To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Subject: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> > > > Well, people, > > It's been a long, long century. I've been down for 5 days. > Couldn't understand _why_ I couldn't ping anywhere [expect the > Server itself]. Finally, tho, it became more and more likely that > my FreeBSD was fine ... even tho I kept stripping the most likely > problem points. My large 16-port LinkSys router was either *it* or > it was some kind of bug unknown to geekdom. After a friend bought > me a new (and tiny) 8-port switch, yes! I could ping everywhere. > > I'm still bringing back the dozens of things I removed from ethic. > And testing new ideas. But I have a general question: have any of > you wizards who run your own domains or otherwise use a switch [or > hub] *ever* had it just-quit?! It is solid-state. Yes, the box is > within my feet/foot reach. I have accidently kicked it i suppose, > but still. > > After wandering in the wilderness for 5 days, <<mmph>>, dunno. > > gary > > PS: yes, this is a serious question. 1) I like things-Cisco, and > LinkSys. I just bought this switch about 2.5 years ago, so I really > am looking for feedback. > > PPS: Another question to ask about upgrading is next. > > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service > Unix > Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org > The 8.51a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > <font size="1"> > <div style='border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in > 0in 1.0pt 0in'> > </div> > "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient > and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email > and its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by > return email and delete this email from your system." > </font> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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