[mythtv-users] myth on separate subnet

Greg Oliver oliver.greg at gmail.com
Thu Jan 14 23:19:14 UTC 2010


On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Mark <fairlane at springcom.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

The 2948 was Cisco's first entry into "real" switching.  It was in
their first line of wire-speed products.  BTW:  It was a router..
Hence the difficult programming as it was sold as a switch too...  I
still have one in use here at the house (works well)..


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