Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 13:18:59 -0800 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> To: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for switch recommendations ... Message-ID: <20040326131859.A49373@xorpc.icir.org> In-Reply-To: <40649B01.7070201@he.iki.fi>; from pete@he.iki.fi on Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:05:05PM %2B0200 References: <200403261908.i2QJ8lHA078562@gate.bitblocks.com> <20040326162515.F90406@ganymede.hub.org> <20040326125454.A47939@xorpc.icir.org> <40649B01.7070201@he.iki.fi>
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On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:05:05PM +0200, Petri Helenius wrote: > Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > > > >a switch (Edimax) based on the 8316 costs here 60 euro incl.VAT > >and does 16 ports full duplex at full wire speed on all ports. > > > > > > > > > But no counters and no management. for that you need to go to the RTL8326, yes. Still very cheap, I think managed units based on this one sell around $250. Anyways the point was, there is no CPU doing the forwarding or stats handling. cheers luigi
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