From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Aug 1 16:01:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA04946 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 16:01:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tyger.inna.net (root@tyger.inna.net [206.151.66.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA04940 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 16:01:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from caught.inna.net (tom@caught.inna.net [206.151.66.7]) by tyger.inna.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA17136; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 19:06:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 19:00:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas Arnold To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: Joe Greco , ulf@Lamb.net, dennis@etinc.com, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about Cisco 2503i price In-Reply-To: <199608011929.MAA01978@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > Case+powersupply $75 (man, these are expensive compared to .de) > > > > What!? My _nice_ Enlight cases cost $65. I can get tin cans for $35. > > And the power supply in your Enlight cases has an MTBF of approx 5,000 > hours, or about 6 months continous use. The one in the $35.00 tin cans > are about the same. The failure mode is usually the fan bushing goes > out (no one selling power supplies for <$40.00 uses a ball bearing fan.) I've seen then VERY often from people. The Enlight cases use Ball Bearing fans, but ALSO, you can buy Ball Bearing fans for around $5.00 at shows and take the 5 minutes to swap them out. I got cases for my BSD boxes from a company called American ProImage. They were REAL expensive ( $165 each ) but have swing-open doors, slide out drive cages, and 300watt MilSpec power supplies that are chunkier then in a Sun. Anyone prices a replacement cooling fan from Cisco for a 3000 series ( $200+ ) or 2501 series ( $75+ ). Of course, at least in the case of the 3000 series you can get a generic replacement ( same manufacturer but without Cisco plug ) for $29. +-----------------------------------------------+ : Tom Arnold - No relation to Rosanne : : SysAdmin/Pres - TBI, Ltd ( inna.net ) : : An ISP serving the Virginia Middle Peninsula : +-----------------------------------------------+