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From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
To: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
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Subject: Re: Looking for switch recommendations ...
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On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:05:05PM +0200, Petri Helenius wrote:
> Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> 
> >
> >a switch (Edimax) based on the 8316 costs here 60 euro incl.VAT
> >and does 16 ports full duplex at full wire speed on all ports.
> >
> >	
> >  
> >
> But no counters and no management.

for that you need to go to the RTL8326, yes. Still very cheap,
I think managed units based on this one sell around $250.
Anyways the point was, there is no CPU doing the forwarding
or stats handling.

cheers
luigi