Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:37:38 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist? Message-ID: <20070715143738.67a37eff@localhost> In-Reply-To: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:42:09 -0600 Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> 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? I've found power spikes / brown-outs break absolute havoc with dumb switches. they are back up, but in a zombie state. u need to power them down for a few minutes (completelly unplugged from mains) for them to come back to life properly. > Is there hope? Thoughts? Suggestions? add a simple timer to the power socket where the switch is plugged in and reset them automatically every 24 hours or so ? If your network so critical that it wouldn't support a daily scheduled minor outage , then you should spend the $ in cisco, HP , 3com (i'd heard people swear by 3com...not sure if the old ones or current ones though..grep the archives), etc. for a few ports (router), you could always build your own or buy one of the small factor Soekris with freebsd in it, but i doubt you'll get more than 4 ports in one. let us know what you come up with :) B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's goodbye to the Bill of Rights." H.L. Mencken I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.
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