Yeah, gig lan is not a big deal for me right now. Getting the practice is
something I would like to get out of this who thing. If that does not
happen, that is fine with me.
I have seen Nortel Baystack in use and at work we are replacing them as
quick as we can. As employees, I can't buy or take what is going out of the
company. Rules stuff. Ebay sound like a good idea. What do you or the
rest of the LUG suggest as good choices to buy?
William
On 10/11/07, Michael Hast <evylrobot@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> I have had awesome luck on ebay. If you don't need gig lan, you can get a
> really nice used (or sometimes new) 24-port switches for less than $20.00.
> I got a used Nortel Baystack 24-port switch for about $10.50 that has done
> really well for me, and I also got a brand-spanking-new, in -the-box, Nortel
> Contivity, 8-port router for less than $20.00 after shipping. I haven't set
> up the router yet, but I've thought of reflashing it with netbsd if I don't
> like everything that it does. It's set up with a cf card hooked to an IDE
> channel on the MB, and it has a caddy for a 3.5" drive, a dimm slot to
> expand the ram, and all kinds of goodies. My Netgear has a wire loose or
> something, because it will randomly crash every once in a while, and that's
> why I wound up getting the Contivity. But, there's my $.02. Ebay. If you
> narrow your search to local hits only, you can often avoid shipping charges.
>
>
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