Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:01:03 -0400 From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> Message-ID: <A02E8905D5CFC76B890165F3@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <20110609184829.GC33714@guilt.hydra> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> <15630_1307624948_4DF0C5F4_15630_82_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C4A2@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <BANLkTinPrEJ4LfNh8pE7%2BR3Akxj2F4Lpxw@mail.gmail.com> <20110609184829.GC33714@guilt.hydra>
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--As of June 9, 2011 12:48:29 PM -0600, Chad Perrin is alleged to have said: > Are parts available for building an inexpensive switch, perhaps with the > ability to use a stripped-down FreeBSD to run the thing? The closest > I've found so far is this: > > http://www.automationworld.com/products-2039 > > It says "make your own", but it looks to me like what they mean by that > is "put it in your own box and brand it with your name; power supply not > included". > > The hardware requirements for building a switch are, unfortunately, > outside my area of expertise. --As for the rest, it is mine. Depending on your needs, Soekris, ALIX, or Netgate products could all work. Most don't have large numbers of ports (2-5 built in are standard, and some have expansion capability), but can run some higher-level processing while doing switching work. It may or may not be cost-effective though. Especially if all you need is pure switch. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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