Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 23:38:17 -0500 (EST) From: <ph0d@scr3am.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cool little 100BaseTX switch - they're coming down in price Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912312337480.19243-100000@vanity.scr3am.com> In-Reply-To: <386D66D4.B3DB5EB3@softweyr.com>
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I've got one currently and my FreeBSD box can do 3000-3300kBytes a second without any complaints.. Full duplex has it's advantages, no doubt On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > Matthew Dillon wrote: > > Prices have fallen a lot in the last year. I'm happy to be able to > > get rid of my HUBs, I was constantly having to deal with packet loss > > when running saturation tests and never able to figure out what > > was causing it. > > I have a good reason to revive this thread. I thought anyone who followed > this conversation might want to know that one of the switches we dicussed, > the Netgear FS-105, is on a special at CompUSA right now -- THROUGH TOMORROW. > The special is a $20 mail-in rebate, making the price of the switch $99.99 > in the CompUSA stores. > > I haven't had a chance to put this through it's paces, but I bought 2 > earlier today, one for me and one for a friend. When I get back to the > test lab on Monday, I'll hook it up to a SmartBits and make it sweat. > > If you're looking for a nice little 5-port 100Base-TX switch, this is a > good opportunity (if you have a CompUSA store nearby). > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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