Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 09:34:44 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> 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: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912210933360.79491-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <19991218225758.A23729@futuresouth.com>
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On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, 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. That rings a bell. I had a D-Link 4 port hub and I went through about 4 power supplies before I gave up, binned it and bought a Netgear. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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