[mythtv-users] myth on separate subnet
Greg Oliver
oliver.greg at gmail.com
Thu Jan 14 23:29:21 UTC 2010
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Mark <fairlane at springcom.com> wrote:
> Greg Oliver wrote:
>>
>> 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)..
>>
>
> Hmm. Didn't know that. Never saw that in the docs. Not a lot of info out
> there on it really.
>
It was their first product released after their acquisition of Grand
Junction.. First switches to actually switch at rated speed.. They
were losing tremendous business to Foundry and Extreme at that time...
They had crap ethernet gear (5xxx/55xx) was their best, and they
could not push packets on any port faster than 300Mb...
That's why their initial product offerings came out with hard to
configure interfaces (speed to market), and non-standard IOS
commands.. After they polished it up, they came out with the 65xx
series, and 35xx small biz switches.. All of which are still top
shelf today..
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