From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 3 16:53:49 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAF6C16A403 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:53:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A77943D45 for ; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 16:53:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout13/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k93Grnbc006693; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:53:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [17.214.13.96] (a17-214-13-96.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k93GrjOZ001597; Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:53:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <4EC9AB38-2399-4A21-8262-4383FD96D536@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 09:53:44 -0700 To: Marwan Sultan X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes Cc: freebsd Questions Subject: Re: how to block rj45 sockets. 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: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:53:49 -0000 On Oct 2, 2006, at 4:44 PM, Marwan Sultan wrote: > Do you recommend any good switch product and model number which has > port enable.disable > feature ? other than cisco, in a good price? You're looking for "managed" switches; the HP Procurve lineup, and the 3com SuperStack III models are also pretty decent. > Cisco is litl bit expensive specially im talking about 24 switch > each, 20 ports!! $20 per port is about the lowest price-point for decent managed switches out there, and that goes up towards $40 or $50 per port if you want to have GBIC fibre or GB-over-copper switch uplinking or stacking capabilities; you start losing vital capabilities like individual port control & VLAN/trunking capabilities if you go cheaper.... -- -Chuck