[tech] Switches

[Nick Bannon]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2000 at 03:30:05PM +0800, Grahame Bowland wrote:
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> Does anybody know a good source for dumb but useful 10/100 switches? Something 

The prices of cheap unmanaged switches have come down and down - I
think our 8 port SVEC switch was $165 from Zeus. It's a cheaper and
crapper brand than the current UCC one, but it seems OK here.

> like the D-Link switch we already have. The idea is to buy four or five 
> switches (eight ports each) and chain them together.

Not everything will benefit much - having a switch for Xterms on the
130.95.13.64/26 network is probably a good idea, as is making sure the
130.95.13.0/26 network is as simple as possible. (MOP loads were
failing when we tried to tack extra bits onto the 130.95.13.0/26 for
the programming competition)

Nick.

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