[olug] http://www.optimumdata.com/Cisco-WS-C2948G-L3.html

[Jay Swackhamer]

A surge protector wouldnt help in a brown-out situation.

You need to have equipment on a UPS(battery backup) if there is any
question of power-reliability in the building/area, that way you have
clean, regulate d power going to the equipment.

Unless it's on a UPS(or it's D-Link) I wouldnt blame the equipment first.

> We've been using some cheap hubs (cheapest off the shelf retail stuff)
> in 8 to 24 port capacity, all 100mbit...
>
> And ya know what ? We've already had two problems related to using
> them. The place they're deployed is in a rural Oklahoma area that has
> some power issues.... brown outs (or just bad hardware) have caused
> one or more hubs to die out there.
>
> Were the hubs on a surge protector ? Not the first time.  This second
> time they were supposed to be... dunno if they indeed were or not.
>
> So - lesson - if you're serious, buy something with an acredited name on
> it :)
>
> -Will
>
> On 4/14/05, Phil Brutsche <phil at brutsche.us> wrote:
>> Rod Hurley wrote:
>> > http://www.optimumdata.com/Cisco-WS-C2948G-L3.html
>> >
>> > These guys sell refurbs and used layer 3 technology as well.
>>
>> And by buying from Optimum Data you'll be indirectly supporting the
>> Linux community!
>>
>> Personally I would take a used Cisco managed switch over a new Belkin,
>> Linksys, Netgear, and whoever else occupys the low-end of the spectrum -
>> even if it's just for 24 10/100 ports in a 1U rackmount.
>>
>> (guess who works there, is a heavy user of Linux servers there, has
>> no qualms about buying RHEL support entitlements, etc)
>>
>> --
>>
>> Phil Brutsche
>> phil at brutsche.us
>>
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