Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:37:04 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> Subject: Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist? Message-ID: <4699C090.9030007@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <20070715143738.67a37eff@localhost> References: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> <20070715143738.67a37eff@localhost>
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Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:42:09 -0600 > Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Currently I'm using 3 Netgear GS108 Gigabit blue-box switches chained >> together for local traffic, with a FreeBSD server acting as the gateway to >> the outside world, running ipfw and natd. The switches eventually lock up. > > I've given up on netgear for any new purchases...is still have a stack of > them,but wouldnt use them for anything critical. > >> Sometimes they work for a day, a week, even a month without problems. Then >> at a random time of day or night, boom network goes down. It's not any >> individual defective switch as I've tried re-ordering them several times as >> well as testing them individually. The cables are all good and wired >> correctly. I've pulled my hair out trying to find what's wrong. I'm not sure >> I care anymore. I just need something stable enough that I can catch some >> sleep without this re-occurring nightmare. > > Are the switches behind a UPS? > What he said - I use consumer grade Linksys in my office - both wireless routers and wired switches. They have been rock solid for several years. But ... the switch is sitting on a UPS IIRC... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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