[mythtv-users] myth on separate subnet
Mark
fairlane at springcom.com
Thu Jan 14 23:15:30 UTC 2010
Greg Oliver wrote:
> 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 :-)
>
Yep, you should have seen the IT manager when I asked for some help with
my 2948G switch programming.
Catching flies he was. He asked why I didn't just put in a wireless
router like normal people. Then I started
listing off everything on my network, his eyes glazed over and he walked
away... :) That was fun.
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