Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:45:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> Message-ID: <351894.26394.qm@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org>
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________________________________ From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wed, June 8, 2011 8:56:59 PM Subject: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep> Well, people, It's been a long, long century. I've been down for 5 days. Couldn't understand _why_ I couldn't ping anywhere [expect the Server itself]. Finally, tho, it became more and more likely that my FreeBSD was fine ... even tho I kept stripping the most likely problem points. My large 16-port LinkSys router was either *it* or it was some kind of bug unknown to geekdom. After a friend bought me a new (and tiny) 8-port switch, yes! I could ping everywhere. I'm still bringing back the dozens of things I removed from ethic. And testing new ideas. 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. Yes, the box is within my feet/foot reach. I have accidently kicked it i suppose, but still. After wandering in the wilderness for 5 days, <<mmph>>, dunno. gary PS: yes, this is a serious question. 1) I like things-Cisco, and LinkSys. I just bought this switch about 2.5 years ago, so I really am looking for feedback. PPS: Another question to ask about upgrading is next. -- 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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Good to hear you're back on line. But to answer your question about parts going bad. I haven't had much go bad on me in the last 10 years but back in the 1990's when I was doing pure IT work and was making lots of purchases of parts I did. Now you have to remember that back then a 28.8 modem cost $375 and cell phones were only in the hands of the very rich and very important. I could buy parts and sometimes find them defective out of the box. Others would work fine. Today, I haven't bought many new components because everything is working. My switch has been operating fine for the last five years. I replaced my FreeBSD sever a few years ago. It was a P166 with 96MB RAM and it had been running almost non-stop, 24/7 for 12 years. But then I had another machine right next to it that I built in 2002 and it whimped out only a couple of years later and I hardly ever ran that machine. In today's world, I would say that the majority of the parts you buy will be good to go, but that's why parts only come with a 90 or 1 year warranty. The manufacturers know when to back off their guarantees on electronic components.home | help
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