Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:45:56 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> Message-ID: <20110609194556.GF8057@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20110609184101.GB33714@guilt.hydra> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> <20110609035313.GA30448@guilt.hydra> <20110609170519.GB42160@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20110609184101.GB33714@guilt.hydra>
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On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 12:41:01PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:41:01 -0600 > From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> > Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> > To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Cc: > Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 10:05:19AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > Quoth Chad Perrin on Wednesday, 08 June 2011: > > > > > > I think I've just had ports die one by one on a switch until it no longer > > > worked. I don't think I've ever had the whole thing go poof for no > > > evident reason. > > > > I have, twice. Both times it was a Linksys switch, too. Just suddenly, > > no network. After the second one, I decided to switch (har) to a Netgear > > GS116. Haven't had any trouble with it so far (knocks on head), but I've > > only had it about a year. > > I've been a little leery of Netgear switches after that little episode at > the colocation facility where the BigIron switch was taken down by the > Netgear's freak-out while unplugging the fiber optic line, but in truth I > don't have enough experience with Netgear to know whether that was just > some kind of bizarre one-time deal or a problem with Netgear. Still, given what's been posted about al various types of switches, it makes sense to be a bit wary of certain manufacturers. Most of you guys earn your bread and butter with these sorts of things, so the fewer messups, the better. --I had a buddy drive down to where they sell used or cheap hardware. I have 0.00 idea how well my new switch will do. Even if I had a detailed schematics sheet, there are other complexities. Components, production, Zeus-knows. live 'n' learn. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] -- 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
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