From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Oct 22 13:15:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from c181s142h4.upc.chello.no (c181s142h4.upc.chello.no [62.179.170.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE3E037B403 for ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:15:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from paalsom@localhost) by c181s142h4.upc.chello.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA04193; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 22:15:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from paalsom) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 22:15:20 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E5l_Sommerhein?= To: Robert Clark Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need advice on reasonably priced 100Mbps ethernet switch Message-ID: <20011022221520.A2920@c181s142h4.upc.chello.no> References: <20011020133949.A1452@c181s142h4.upc.chello.no> <20011021120540.B14442@darkstar.gte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011021120540.B14442@darkstar.gte.net>; from res03db2@gte.net on Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 12:05:40PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On, Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 12:05:40PM -0700, Robert Clark wrote: > > The NetGear FS108 (8 port fast ethernet switch) seems to be popular > with the people I work with. (And are cheap as well.) > > I went from a fast ethernet hub to a four port fast ethernet card in the > server for my home network. I like not having to deal with the extra > power supply and finding a place to put the switch. Thanks! May I ask what type of four port card you use? It seems like four port ethernet cards are quite expensive (at least twice the price of the above mentioned switch). Regards, Pål To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message