[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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