Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 23:40:30 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Tim Tsai <tim@futuresouth.com> Cc: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cool little 100BaseTX switch - they're coming down in price Message-ID: <19991219154030.BEE0E1CC6@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Tim Tsai <tim@futuresouth.com> of "Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:57:58 CST." <19991218225758.A23729@futuresouth.com>
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Tim Tsai wrote: > > hub. It works fine except that it hangs occasionally (can be > > reset by power-cycling). > > Most of these can be attributed to the crappy wall wart they call a > power supply. If it's plugged into an UPS or replace it with your own DC > power supply they generally hold up a lot better. > > I have a Netgear FS108 at home (8 port 10/100 switch) and I've found > Netgear stuff to be as cheap as I would go and still be reasonably > reliable. I grabbed a Sohoware 8 port switch (NSH800S) a few months back. It's physically bigger than the FS108 and a bit cheaper. I picked it because the RJ45's were on the back instead of the front (as the netgear has) as it was more convenient for me. It's nice and has been totally reliable, but it runs hotter than hell. It's got two monster heatsinks on the two core VLSI chips that do the switching. The 8 phy's also get damn hot too. I'm quite concerned about it and am just about to find some power inside and put some fans in. I don't know if it's worth much, but it supposedly changes between cut-through, fragment-free cut-through and store-and-forward switching modes depending on load characteristics. Anyway, it seems the sohoware web site only refers to the NSH510 and 810, so it looks like it's superceded already. Apprently the new ones do store-and-forward only as do most of the cheaper netgear models. Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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