From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 10 11:59:49 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 63821106566B for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:59:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 107048FC17 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:59:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwc9 with SMTP id 9so1694188qwc.13 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:59:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.180.78 with SMTP id bt14mr1425339qab.238.1307707187372; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:59:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (twdp-174-109-142-001.nc.res.rr.com [174.109.142.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m16sm2147331qck.40.2011.06.10.04.59.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:59:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (zeus [192.168.1.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3QrMW35b11z2CG44 for ; Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:59:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:59:43 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20110610075943.497793ee@scorpio> In-Reply-To: References: <20110609005656.GA9183@thought.org> <15630_1307624948_4DF0C5F4_15630_82_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499BF89C4A2@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> <20110609184829.GC33714@guilt.hydra> <20110609222807.GA34570@guilt.hydra> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.9 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:59:49 -0000 On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:37:14 -0700 Chuck Swiger articulated: > On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:28 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > > In many cases, it's not even obvious which of the products I find > > are suitable for building various types of network switches. Do > > you know of any Webpages that might help me rectify my dearth of > > understanding in this area? > > You can get an unmanaged 24-port 10/100/1000 switch for less than $10 > per port, and a good managed switch for about $30 per port. > > A cheap quad-port GB NIC runs $200 or $50 per port; and one from > Intel or Cisco which can actually run all of the ports near rated > line speed is closer to $100 per port. You simply can't build a > commodity PC using these and end up anywhere near the price point of > a dedicated switch. Or, as it is commonly stated, "You get what you pay for." -- Jerry ✌ jerry+fbsd@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html