From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 19 10:31:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E536A10656A9 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:31:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6575F8FC14 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:31:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (banyan.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.5]) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n5JARBYS039257 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:27:11 +0700 (ICT) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: (from on@localhost) by banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5JAVndu013492; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:31:49 +0700 (ICT) (envelope-from on) Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:31:49 +0700 (ICT) Message-Id: <200906191031.n5JAVndu013492@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Olivier Nicole To: nvass9573@gmx.com In-reply-to: <4A3B66ED.40506@gmx.com> (message from Nikos Vassiliadis on Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:22:37 +0300) References: <4A3B66ED.40506@gmx.com> X-Virus-Scanned: on CSIM by amavisd-milter (http://www.amavis.org/) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: off topic: unmanageable switch? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:31:52 -0000 Nikos, > My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. > 1. Price > 2. Stability As the price is the most important for you, buy any cheap switch. Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years non stop. I would not use them as core switch, but as satellite switches they do OK. > 3. No "smart" features > 4. STP support STP is definitely a smart feature, it comes with higher models only. Bests, Olivier