From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 15 06:37:16 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 4BA2716A404 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:37:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from eskimo.tundraware.com (eskimo.tundraware.com [66.92.130.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0154D13C461 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:37:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (ozzie.tundraware.com [66.92.130.199]) (authenticated bits=0) by eskimo.tundraware.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l6F6b8A8039866 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:37:09 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from tundra@tundraware.com) Message-ID: <4699C090.9030007@tundraware.com> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:37:04 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk Organization: TundraWare Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Norberto Meijome References: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> <20070715143738.67a37eff@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070715143738.67a37eff@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-tundraware.com-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-4.399, required 1, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-tundraware.com-MailScanner-From: tundra@tundraware.com X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Modulok Subject: Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: tundra@tundraware.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 06:37:16 -0000 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/