Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-22 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
Thanks everybody for the info! I'll probably go with the TP-Links. Nikos ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-22 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
David N wrote: 2009/6/20 Nikos Vassiliadis nvass9...@gmx.com: Jerry B. Altzman wrote: Do you require Gigabit ethernet or no? That, I don't know yet... but given that they want to build a solid infrastructure that will be worth of using for the years to come, most probably yes. Environmental

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK? TP-Link is OK and is really cheap (D-Link is not). Buy it. I use lots of pure-100 and 100+1000 ones

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-20 Thread Wojciech Puchar
spikes). I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK? i advise for. have a lot of this cheap things, works fine. ___

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-20 Thread Peter
Wojciech Puchar wrote: spikes). I have found that D-Link are quite cheap and somebody on the list suggested them. In that price range TP-LINK is also a choice. Anybody advises against TP-LINK? i advise for. have a lot of this cheap things, works fine. 1 more vote for TP-Link - cheapest

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-20 Thread Jeff Laine
A vote for C-net devices. Pretty cheap and I can't recall any troubles caused by 'em. -- Best regards, Jeff | Nobody wants to say how this works. | | Maybe nobody knows ... | | Xorg.conf(5)| ___

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Olivier Nicole
Nikos, My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. 1. Price 2. Stability As the price is the most important for you, buy any cheap switch. Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Jeff Laine
On Fri,06/19/09 [17:31:49], Olivier Nicole wrote: Nikos, My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. 1. Price 2. Stability As the price is the most important for you, buy any cheap switch. Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the cheapest,

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
This has nothing to do with FreeBSD. I have to buy 3-4 24/16 port ethernet switches for a school. Could you recommend a brand/model? I don't know if such recommendations should be done off list? no idea about 4, but in my practice the cheapest ones are really good.

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years You are happy because you are using it with good power supply, probably UPS. Both (and D-Link mostly) are completely unprotected for even minor power

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Olivier I'd choose 3com. Their low-end unmanaged models are pretty cheap as well as some smarter officeconnect models. They are not cheap ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Jerry B. Altzman
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 06:22, Nikos Vassiliadis nvass9...@gmx.com wrote: My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. 1. Price 2. Stability 3. No smart features OK, this looks like a .1Q frame, let's drop it. This MAC address is active on many ports, let's drop it.

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Peter
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: Hi, This has nothing to do with FreeBSD. I have to buy 3-4 24/16 port ethernet switches for a school. Could you recommend a brand/model? I don't know if such recommendations should be done off list? Netgear - really cheap, no problems with them if inside(normal

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Gary Gatten
topic: unmanageable switch? Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: Hi, This has nothing to do with FreeBSD. I have to buy 3-4 24/16 port ethernet switches for a school. Could you recommend a brand/model? I don't know if such recommendations should be done off list? Netgear - really cheap, no problems

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
Jerry B. Altzman wrote: Do you require Gigabit ethernet or no? That, I don't know yet... but given that they want to build a solid infrastructure that will be worth of using for the years to come, most probably yes. Environmental conditions will be normal, everything will be indoor. And I

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread David N
2009/6/20 Nikos Vassiliadis nvass9...@gmx.com: Jerry B. Altzman wrote: Do you require Gigabit ethernet or no? That, I don't know yet... but given that they want to build a solid infrastructure that will be worth of using for the years to come, most probably yes. Environmental conditions

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

2009-06-19 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Linksys, DLink, etc. Cheap is cheap You gave examples of WORST CRAP, and not really cheap. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to