From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 19 12:22:06 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 5F1301065783 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:22:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wtf.jlaine@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.156]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6EB78FC12 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:22:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wtf.jlaine@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e12so74335fga.12 for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:22:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:cc :subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent :x-operating-system; bh=WgO4e5EiBa00O1m4O+r5VbBTNSzw3dE94lxzf+WebZ4=; b=SsEvCpCnooHYpCaME+VtSgzBdvWPwmyKEQ6HBAURkMhN6uT394+pLK8sSImWQsKcPr pK5JLNbSKJh0DiLMFUnTHElJ6/18rJEY4AJMghLVndAtz9ZjvQGv5PRnmc4V2LoD2Z8t CpDbL97VwKsIFzYg3Gcc8XyfCRsnQiTO4B3Ts= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent:x-operating-system; b=h98sp3i8bnUKGpx6BDY0Ygx06A6Xk7P1RibtAIIepE9AQYcsuPo1aJr0ivuR1saBSR gvTiGnnv/Fe66yX/ziopG9gzP68+oR2QYzMarLCZ3mlz6qV0L4h714wAnFG2xM7BKBWd lhX/1a2ZsMi0TxKN2bGkbxIvQzRzuzJTfFpqI= Received: by 10.86.36.11 with SMTP id j11mr3142809fgj.22.1245414124949; Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:22:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blackmesa ([77.66.145.99]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e11sm18481976fga.21.2009.06.19.05.22.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:22:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by blackmesa (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:22:00 +0400 Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:22:00 +0400 From: Jeff Laine To: Olivier Nicole Message-ID: <20090619122159.GA94133@free.bsd.loc> Mail-Followup-To: Jeff Laine , Olivier Nicole , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4A3B66ED.40506@gmx.com> <200906191031.n5JAVndu013492@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200906191031.n5JAVndu013492@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE i386 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 12:22:06 -0000 On Fri,06/19/09 [17:31:49], Olivier Nicole wrote: > 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 > I'd choose 3com. Their low-end unmanaged models are pretty cheap as well as some smarter officeconnect models. -- Best regards, Jeff | "Nobody wants to say how this works. | | Maybe nobody knows ..." | | Xorg.conf(5) |