Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:51:14 -0400 From: "Jim Capozzoli" <saltmiser@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist? Message-ID: <37f72b1f0707160951s15b9b3dfmb8f625e42feab5a3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4699C090.9030007@tundraware.com> References: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> <20070715143738.67a37eff@localhost> <4699C090.9030007@tundraware.com>
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On 7/15/07, Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> wrote: > Norberto Meijome wrote: > > 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? > > > > > What he said - I use consumer grade Linksys in my office - both wireless > routers and wired switches. They have been rock solid for several years. > But ... the switch is sitting on a UPS IIRC... > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com > PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > I have a 5 port SD205 by linksys...it works fine, but the 5th port light is dead. :P Power outages don't cause troubles for that switch, it can handle being turned on with stuff active on it. Of course, being on a not-so-great cable connection, my internet connection drops every few days, requiring a hard reboot of the cable modem. Hope this helps somebody. -- Jim Capozzoli D6499626857801B6065013E3645A6B75
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