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From: Gary Kline <kl...@thought.org>
To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Wed, June 8, 2011 8:56:59 PM
Subject: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep>
Well, people,
It's been a long, long century. I've been down for 5 days.
Couldn't understand _why_ I couldn't ping anywhere [expect the
Server itself]. Finally, tho, it became more and more likely that
my FreeBSD was fine ... even tho I kept stripping the most likely
problem points. My large 16-port LinkSys router was either *it* or
it was some kind of bug unknown to geekdom. After a friend bought
me a new (and tiny) 8-port switch, yes! I could ping everywhere.
I'm still bringing back the dozens of things I removed from ethic.
And testing new ideas. But I have a general question: have any of
you wizards who run your own domains or otherwise use a switch [or
hub] *ever* had it just-quit?! It is solid-state. Yes, the box is
within my feet/foot reach. I have accidently kicked it i suppose,
but still.
After wandering in the wilderness for 5 days, <<mmph>>, dunno.
gary
PS: yes, this is a serious question. 1) I like things-Cisco, and
LinkSys. I just bought this switch about 2.5 years ago, so I really
am looking for feedback.
PPS: Another question to ask about upgrading is next.
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Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix
Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org
The 8.51a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
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Good to hear you're back on line. But to answer your question about parts going
bad. I haven't had much go bad on me in the last 10 years but back in the
1990's
when I was doing pure IT work and was making lots of purchases of parts I did.
Now you have to remember that back then a 28.8 modem cost $375 and cell phones
were only in the hands of the very rich and very important. I could buy parts
and sometimes find them defective out of the box. Others would work fine.
Today, I haven't bought many new components because everything is working. My
switch has been operating fine for the last five years. I replaced my FreeBSD
sever a few years ago. It was a P166 with 96MB RAM and it had been running
almost non-stop, 24/7 for 12 years. But then I had another machine right next
to
it that I built in 2002 and it whimped out only a couple of years later and I
hardly ever ran that machine.
In today's world, I would say that the majority of the parts you buy will be
good to go, but that's why parts only come with a 90 or 1 year warranty. The
manufacturers know when to back off their guarantees on electronic components.
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