From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 9 19:45:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25B2F1065670 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:45:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0216B8FC13 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:45:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4B2C7E8061A; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:45:56 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:45:56 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20110609194556.GF8057@thought.org> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> <20110609035313.GA30448@guilt.hydra> <20110609170519.GB42160@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20110609184101.GB33714@guilt.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110609184101.GB33714@guilt.hydra> Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 24++ years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into 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: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:45:58 -0000 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 > Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > Cc: > Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Mailing List > > 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