On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 12:03:37PM +0100, David Given wrote: > Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > [...] > > i ask this because i've bought cheapo 4-port switches in the past and > > had them seize-up on occasion. seize-ups are totally unacceptable to me > > for this application so suggestions on which brand or model would be > > appreciated. otherwise my wallet tells me to go with the 25 USD 3-com > > 4-port switch... > > If you're going for cheap consumer grade stuff, you could do worse than a > Linksys WRT54GL --- four-port switch, separate ethernet uplink, > reprogrammable. Unfortunately it doesn't run any BSD (not even NetBSD, which > surprises me) but there's a rather decent and no-nonsense replacement Linux > firmware. About 35 UKP. > > (It's also got a built-in wireless AP, but alas, it uses the Broadcom > chipset...)
Equivalent Broadcom hardware, but even cheaper and smaller: Buffalo WHR-G54S. Under 30 UKP. Both these devices have a built in 6-port hardware switch (5 ports brought out as RJ45, one port connected to the CPU internally) and even has VLAN capability. The "no-nonsense replacement Linux" referred to is probably OpenWrt: http://www.openwrt.org/ Regards, Brian.
