Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:59:43 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> Message-ID: <20110610075943.497793ee@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <C412077F-E713-400F-B02D-DDFD1DDB3723@mac.com> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> <15630_1307624948_4DF0C5F4_15630_82_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C4A2@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <BANLkTinPrEJ4LfNh8pE7%2BR3Akxj2F4Lpxw@mail.gmail.com> <20110609184829.GC33714@guilt.hydra> <A02E8905D5CFC76B890165F3@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <20110609222807.GA34570@guilt.hydra> <C412077F-E713-400F-B02D-DDFD1DDB3723@mac.com>
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On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:37:14 -0700 Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> articulated: > On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:28 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > > In many cases, it's not even obvious which of the products I find > > are suitable for building various types of network switches. Do > > you know of any Webpages that might help me rectify my dearth of > > understanding in this area? > > You can get an unmanaged 24-port 10/100/1000 switch for less than $10 > per port, and a good managed switch for about $30 per port. > > A cheap quad-port GB NIC runs $200 or $50 per port; and one from > Intel or Cisco which can actually run all of the ports near rated > line speed is closer to $100 per port. You simply can't build a > commodity PC using these and end up anywhere near the price point of > a dedicated switch. Or, as it is commonly stated, "You get what you pay for." -- Jerry ✌ jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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