Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:08:12 -0600 From: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> Message-ID: <BANLkTi=8UYY2YxFTGH7viFs2f%2B5rRhbkNA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110609170519.GB42160@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> <20110609035313.GA30448@guilt.hydra> <20110609170519.GB42160@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com>
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>> But I have a general question: have any of >> you wizards who run your own domains or otherwise use a switch [or >> hub] *ever* had it just-quit?! It is solid-state. I've had a Linksys switch crap out. I've also had a Netgear switch die. In fact, there were three Netgear switches that died within a few months of each other. At first they would simply lock up at random. After that they didn't work at all. We later discovered it was a capacitor problem. (Google 'capacitor plague'.) We replaced it with a HP ProCurve switch a few years ago and it has been rock solid ever since. My only complaint is the proCurve has a very inaccurate internal clock, but that is easily remedied by configuring ntpd on it. So yeah, even solid state stuff can die! -Modulok-
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