Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:17:37 -0700 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ask_Bj=F8rn_Hansen?= <ask@develooper.com> To: Modulok <modulok@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist? Message-ID: <E497EA8D-0496-4206-8441-61CA5401004F@develooper.com> In-Reply-To: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com>
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On Jul 14, 2007, at 7:42 PM, Modulok wrote: > I run a small network of under 20 clients. As such we don't have > $500+ to > drop on a Cisco switch. However the desktop consumer grade stuff is > quickly > turning me into an insomniac. I'm tired of being woke at 3:00 am to > go fix > network problems. Does anyone know if something like this exists? (see > below) Call Netgear until they replace them. I did that with some of my Netgear switches at home and they've stopped crashing (and the new models support jumbo frames - the old ones with the same model number did not...). I've had good luck with Dell switches in the rack - specifically the 3448 (100Mbit) and 5324 models. Find them on eBay for respectively Really Really Cheap and Pretty Cheap. Good value for the the price. I haven't had any break down, but they are cheap enough that I have spares anyway. One thing to watch out for is that they are often sold without rackmount brackets and it's a GIGANTIC PAIN to get them from Dell (at least we haven't had any luck). - ask -- http://develooper.com/ - http://askask.com/
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