From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Aug 22 14: 9:25 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from alecto.physics.uiuc.edu (alecto.physics.uiuc.edu [130.126.8.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E945214C48 for ; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 14:09:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from igor@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu) Received: (from igor@localhost) by alecto.physics.uiuc.edu (8.9.0/8.9.0) id QAA19477; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 16:08:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Igor Roshchin Message-Id: <199908222108.QAA19477@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu> Subject: Re: multiple machines in the same network In-Reply-To: from "Chris Dillon" at "Aug 22, 1999 1:34:47 am" To: cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us (Chris Dillon) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 16:08:21 -0500 (CDT) Cc: stable@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > > > You obviously didn't follow the links. The HP ProCurve I mentioned is $1880 > > for 40 switched 10/100 ports with layer 3 functionality and VLAN support. > > That's $47 port port, much lower than your $250/port, with a LOT more performance > > also. The Tolly Group recently tested it and found it capable of sustaining > > full wire speed on all 40 ports. I'll just be your PCI-bus box isn't going > > to hit 4 Gbps throughput. > This is far away from the original question, but I just was told by my friend who bought 3 such switches just a few months ago, that the _rebate_ _ended_ at the end of _June_ (unless they started a new one). Also, HP is rather slow on rebates - he still hasn't received anything from HP. However he like these switches so far, and recommended it to me even at their original price. Igor To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message