From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 9 20:39:25 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 154F2106564A for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:39:25 +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 E5F5E8FC0A for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:39:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 58CFDE8061A; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 13:39:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 13:39:24 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Message-ID: <20110609203924.GH8057@thought.org> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> <15630_1307624948_4DF0C5F4_15630_82_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C4A2@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <20110609184829.GC33714@guilt.hydra> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110609184829.GC33714@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) 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 20:39:25 -0000 On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 12:48:29PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:48:29 -0600 > From: Chad Perrin > Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into > To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" > Mail-Followup-To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" > > > On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 10:25:27AM -0400, Mike L wrote: > > whats this have to do with freebsd questions? > > You seem to have a bad habit of spamming the mailing list with mundane BS. I might agree if the discussion didn't warnder into good and bad switches, which is something that many of us are conconcerned with. Otherwise, i apologise. > > Bringing things back to FreeBSD again . . . > > Are parts available for building an inexpensive switch, perhaps with the > ability to use a stripped-down FreeBSD to run the thing? The closest > I've found so far is this: > > http://www.automationworld.com/products-2039 > > It says "make your own", but it looks to me like what they mean by that > is "put it in your own box and brand it with your name; power supply not > included". > > The hardware requirements for building a switch are, unfortunately, > outside my area of expertise. I'll check it out when I'm using evo. My bg was in ckt design, but that was a Long time back. For those of us who use FreeBSD at work, the expense of a switch shouldn't be an issue. For me, I _will_ just buy a second LG switch. Still, be interesting to see if one of my old computers with FBSD 8.X could run the unit. Appreciate the tip, Chad. > > -- > 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