From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 15 07:44:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ED6616A402 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:44:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ask@develooper.com) Received: from x8.develooper.com (x8.develooper.com [216.52.237.208]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0C4313C46B for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:44:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ask@develooper.com) Received: (qmail 10231 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2007 07:17:38 -0000 Received: from gw.develooper.com (HELO ?10.0.201.111?) (ask@cleverpeople.org@64.81.84.140) by smtp.develooper.com with (AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 15 Jul 2007 07:17:38 -0000 In-Reply-To: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> References: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ask_Bj=F8rn_Hansen?= Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:17:37 -0700 To: Modulok X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Does a low-cost, reliable switch exist? 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: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:44:20 -0000 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/