From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 15 12:00:27 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 50F8416A603 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:00:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0343E13C4A3 for ; Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:00:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 22791 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2007 07:00:26 -0500 Received: from 203-158-59-146.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.158.59.146) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 15 Jul 2007 07:00:26 -0500 Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:00:22 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Andrea Venturoli Message-ID: <20070715220022.1d568506@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4699EB6B.90902@netfence.it> References: <64c038660707141942l2b202d0ai27ca19437779c658@mail.gmail.com> <4699EB6B.90902@netfence.it> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Kurt Buff , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Modulok 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 12:00:27 -0000 On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:39:55 +0200 Andrea Venturoli wrote: > I've got some running 24/7 without a hitch for some years without once > rebooting them; they are under UPS as every switch should be (but > probably they would work fine anyway). indeed...but, again, i remember an instance when we had some pretty wild power issues and, even though we had some of these netgear dumb switches behind a beefy ups, they went nuts.... i thought at the time something may have come up the cat5 from the workstations (which werent ups or surge protected )... I never followed up to find out if it's even possible for that to happen because of this 'real work' thing happening.... just pulled the switch out and pushed another one in. B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome UFOs are for real: the Air Force doesn't exist. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.