On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:37:14 -0700 Chuck Swiger <cswi...@mac.com> articulated:
> On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:28 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > > In many cases, it's not even obvious which of the products I find > > are suitable for building various types of network switches. Do > > you know of any Webpages that might help me rectify my dearth of > > understanding in this area? > > You can get an unmanaged 24-port 10/100/1000 switch for less than $10 > per port, and a good managed switch for about $30 per port. > > A cheap quad-port GB NIC runs $200 or $50 per port; and one from > Intel or Cisco which can actually run all of the ports near rated > line speed is closer to $100 per port. You simply can't build a > commodity PC using these and end up anywhere near the price point of > a dedicated switch. Or, as it is commonly stated, "You get what you pay for." -- Jerry ✌ jerry+f...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or ignored. Do not CC this poster. Please do not ignore the "Reply-To" header. http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
