From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 14:41:27 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB39816A400 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:41:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C26813C4B8 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:41:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id a73so3084978pye for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:41:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=afzRyWqeqtq3kXMf8w0cc4jacStjCzt4j+S56YYV1x7fFUSopNhpqrf9rgaLMHIH9XTrJ6A8maQpT6PtJy+oV4Zfa9+PLukgmp0ntkWosGShPtqb0k7tjI9QwWTEHlpr5gXDons4HHQXTvYo4kaH+CuNTbAanryGyFVhJV5kRY4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=ODpC4wCi0HjBmCtDk72kx66YV4Kju3vyzQU2VZ4RtyPZftoyyk9PhUplMNK+QjIrt670HLGrxgWFUJLqhTgA6/yK7akRU9qf8gi3CkgvRc63gpqnMTgQaHxsmJ4EUCGWKlslQL5a+t1vQ5+RaqVRZHxC+gW2E8f9E8yqnCM4sxw= Received: by 10.141.51.15 with SMTP id d15mr127994rvk.1184683285942; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:41:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.207.2 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:41:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <64c038660707170741n43819c2dncd4ccbf81ad53c11@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:41:25 -0600 From: Modulok To: "Norberto Meijome" In-Reply-To: <20070715143738.67a37eff@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> <20070715143738.67a37eff@localhost> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:41:27 -0000 > > 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? Yup. When the power flickers, they still function fine behind the UPS (despite a 0.5 volt drop). I still have yet to determine the reason for the lockups, despite a bit of testing. Thanks to all who contributed, this thread has been quite quite helpful. It looks like I have a bit of shopping around to do now. I'll report back to the list if I find anything noteworthy. Thanks guys! -Modulok-