From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 9 19:26:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC0F1065688 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:26:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59BFC8FC21 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:26:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C9339E8061A; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:26:20 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:26:20 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Modulok Message-ID: <20110609192620.GE8057@thought.org> References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> <20110609035313.GA30448@guilt.hydra> <20110609170519.GB42160@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 24++ years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into 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: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:26:21 -0000 On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 12:08:12PM -0600, Modulok wrote: > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:08:12 -0600 > From: Modulok > Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into > To: FreeBSD Mailing List > > >> But I have a general question: have any of > >> you wizards who run your own domains or otherwise use a switch [or > >> hub] *ever* had it just-quit?! It is solid-state. > > I've had a Linksys switch crap out. I've also had a Netgear switch die. In > fact, there were three Netgear switches that died within a few months of each > other. At first they would simply lock up at random. After that they didn't > work at all. We later discovered it was a capacitor problem. (Google 'capacitor > plague'.) We replaced it with a HP ProCurve switch a few years ago and it has > been rock solid ever since. My only complaint is the proCurve has a very > inaccurate internal clock, but that is easily remedied by configuring ntpd on > it. So yeah, even solid state stuff can die! > > -Modulok- Don't we have a "bad-hardware page" somewhere? If not, Linksys, Netgear, and ProCurve switches should all be flagged. The new .LT. $20 LG 8-porter [[8-holer? for those from a farming bg, ;)]] um, sorry. I will keep track of how well my LG 8-port switch does. If it fmesses up sooner than three years, I will let folks know. gary > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.51a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org