[mythtv-users] myth on separate subnet

Greg Oliver oliver.greg at gmail.com
Thu Jan 14 17:43:49 UTC 2010


On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Frank Merrill <fmerrill1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Mark <fairlane at springcom.com> wrote:
>> It's not quite that extreme.  :)
>> the WS-G6483 module I need for the switch is $25.  The switch cost me $60.
>> I'm not hurting too bad... :)
>>
>> I went with the used Cisco because I dislike downtime.  And long distance
>> troubleshooting.   A LOT.  Every other switch i've owned needed rebooting
>> occasionally.  This cisco doesn't.
>>
>>
>
> Yes, reliability is a factor if you aren't close by.
> This made me go and pull the uptime of one of the many 6500's in one
> of the networks I support.
> (I am across the country from this one and the other 7 at that
> particular location)
>
> "Uptime is 2344 days, 8 hours, 13 minutes"
>
> Yes, that is approaching 7 years uptime without even a reload.
>
> But, even that is a bit much to expect in a home network. I just
> thought it was cool to show how stable they can be.

Yes, cisco gear is pretty much fault-tolerant...  Not too many ppl
have it in their homes though :-)


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