From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 29 18:59:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E7FA16A421 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:59:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from troy@psknet.com) Received: from psknet.com (kennedy.psknet.com [63.171.251.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D2E243D49 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:59:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from troy@psknet.com) Received: from pool-70-110-2-141.roa.east.verizon.net ([70.110.2.141] helo=[192.168.1.104]) by psknet.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43 (FreeBSD)) id 1EVvvn-0004bo-3r for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:59:55 -0400 Message-ID: <4363C6A7.10808@psknet.com> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:59:51 -0400 From: Troy Settle User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: NFS & Consumer-grade GigE switches X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:59:56 -0000 Hey, while I'm switching over to NFS and distributing some front-end services, does anyone have any experience with putting a consumer grade (<$100) GigE switch into production? While I should probably get a managed switch, I just gotta wonder how far consumer-grade equipment has come and if it'll work for an NFS-only LAN. Thanks, -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks http://www.psknet.com 866.477.5638