From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Sep 19 11:44:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA09736 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 11:44:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clem.systemsix.com (clem.systemsix.com [198.99.86.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA09688 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 11:44:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clem.systemsix.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA07822; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:43:16 -0600 Message-Id: <199609191843.MAA07822@clem.systemsix.com> X-Authentication-Warning: clem.systemsix.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 From: Steve Passe To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DEC PCI CHIP QUESTION In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 19 Sep 1996 10:47:35 PDT." <199609191747.KAA07089@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 12:43:15 -0600 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, >A D-Link FlexSwitch DES-3205, seems to be working happily, but a one >man shop has a hard time streasing a 100MB/s switch very much :-). Nice >thing is that it is a 10/100MB/s switch so I don't have to route between >my 2 segments anymore :-) Is DLink a good brand? The DLink DFE-808TX 100base-TX 8-port Hub can be had quite cheaply, and I (also a 1 man shop) can't justify the cost of a switch. As I have a dedicated P5-75 freeBSD box for a router/firewall, using 2 segments is no problem. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | FreeBSD