From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 16 16:51:16 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 870CA16A400 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:51:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saltmiser@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4536A13C49D for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:51:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saltmiser@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so2505030pye for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:51:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=l/OyacQIHFqHueMbvy8KmQ1nMCy744rk7bOvaCqlbz4MiJg+6vovTOGGodtIXXfFNPdUjovbn3MAy0t6xlhzW29YL72cI0yveunywtcB7xEwLTp8WiD4CkCwUlgu89M2qhd/mg0zNUF7K2wEgVXQpl/wBQk7sxMDR8Z2Eq8Lt0k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=q9VbXWmLyzcWQBzcXds/noAQAY/xzwXliVXVQyOl1XMX7Is8jo6PSDiLekZ9FRM8QDDEzdW5kH1wR2ZyJs2cVkkzyZmV2SudddN553iFapeb4YV6dEba5t6cX9kjaekXKqO683spbSd27hGkHcXpi7HodlhRtH+7xE6sHN/yf8s= Received: by 10.65.72.7 with SMTP id z7mr7114283qbk.1184604674978; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.65.239.1 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:51:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37f72b1f0707160951s15b9b3dfmb8f625e42feab5a3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:51:14 -0400 From: "Jim Capozzoli" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4699C090.9030007@tundraware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> <20070715143738.67a37eff@localhost> <4699C090.9030007@tundraware.com> Subject: Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:51:16 -0000 On 7/15/07, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > Norberto Meijome wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:42:09 -0600 > > Modulok wrote: > > > >> Currently I'm using 3 Netgear GS108 Gigabit blue-box switches chained > >> together for local traffic, with a FreeBSD server acting as the gateway to > >> the outside world, running ipfw and natd. The switches eventually lock up. > > > > I've given up on netgear for any new purchases...is still have a stack of > > them,but wouldnt use them for anything critical. > > > >> Sometimes they work for a day, a week, even a month without problems. Then > >> at a random time of day or night, boom network goes down. It's not any > >> individual defective switch as I've tried re-ordering them several times as > >> well as testing them individually. The cables are all good and wired > >> correctly. I've pulled my hair out trying to find what's wrong. I'm not sure > >> I care anymore. I just need something stable enough that I can catch some > >> sleep without this re-occurring nightmare. > > > > Are the switches behind a UPS? > > > > > What he said - I use consumer grade Linksys in my office - both wireless > routers and wired switches. They have been rock solid for several years. > But ... the switch is sitting on a UPS IIRC... > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com > PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > I have a 5 port SD205 by linksys...it works fine, but the 5th port light is dead. :P Power outages don't cause troubles for that switch, it can handle being turned on with stuff active on it. Of course, being on a not-so-great cable connection, my internet connection drops every few days, requiring a hard reboot of the cable modem. Hope this helps somebody. -- Jim Capozzoli D6499626857801B6065013E3645A6B75