Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:21:02 -0400 From: reese@adeptscience.com To: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> Message-ID: <4DF0745E.5201.47FBA82A@reese.adeptscience.com> In-Reply-To: <351894.26394.qm@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org>
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Not a switch but I have had a router and two PCs just die in the last year. I know the agony of having to restore things that weren't broken as I went through that with the router. I hate to have to fix things that I broke trying to find out what was broke, as bad as having to rewrite code after you have a working system and your drive fails without a backup. This to shall pass. Charlie On 9 Jun 2011 at 3:45, Bill Tillman wrote: > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> > To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Wed, June 8, 2011 8:56:59 PM > Subject: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> > > > Well, people, > > It's been a long, long century. I've been down for 5 days. > Couldn't understand _why_ I couldn't ping anywhere [expect the > Server itself]. Finally, tho, it became more and more likely that > my FreeBSD was fine ... even tho I kept stripping the most likely > problem points. My large 16-port LinkSys router was either *it* or > it was some kind of bug unknown to geekdom. After a friend bought > me a new (and tiny) 8-port switch, yes! I could ping everywhere. > > I'm still bringing back the dozens of things I removed from ethic. > And testing new ideas. But I have a general question: have any of > you wizards who run your own domains or otherwise use a switch [or > hub] *ever* had it just-quit?! It is solid-state. Yes, the box is > within my feet/foot reach. I have accidently kicked it i suppose, > but still. > > After wandering in the wilderness for 5 days, <<mmph>>, dunno. > > gary > > PS: yes, this is a serious question. 1) I like things-Cisco, and > LinkSys. I just bought this switch about 2.5 years ago, so I really > am looking for feedback. > > PPS: Another question to ask about upgrading is next. > > > -- > Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix > Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org > The 8.51a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Good to hear you're back on line. But to answer your question about parts going > bad. I haven't had much go bad on me in the last 10 years but back in the 1990's > when I was doing pure IT work and was making lots of purchases of parts I did. > Now you have to remember that back then a 28.8 modem cost $375 and cell phones > were only in the hands of the very rich and very important. I could buy parts > and sometimes find them defective out of the box. Others would work fine. > > Today, I haven't bought many new components because everything is working. My > switch has been operating fine for the last five years. I replaced my FreeBSD > sever a few years ago. It was a P166 with 96MB RAM and it had been running > almost non-stop, 24/7 for 12 years. But then I had another machine right next to > it that I built in 2002 and it whimped out only a couple of years later and I > hardly ever ran that machine. > > > In today's world, I would say that the majority of the parts you buy will be > good to go, but that's why parts only come with a 90 or 1 year warranty. The > manufacturers know when to back off their guarantees on electronic components. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ >help
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