Hello,
If you are willing to spend a few dollars, you can buy a quieter
fan than those Cisco uses at most computer shows.
Of course, the reason why fans make noise is the turbulence coming
off the edges. I have a design for a fan with no edges that should run
almost completely silent. At first I was just going to cut the edges off,
but that was messy, so instead I tried wrapping a circle of material
around the fan blades. It moves with the fan and being a circle has no
edges. __
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Of course, I haven't actually replaced any Cisco fans yet, since I
love the sound of helicopters taking off in the morning...
(you should hear the sound off the 2 Cisco 7000s I just got...!)
Yours Truly - Bruce Evry
On Sat, 21 Sep 2002, Thomas Larus wrote:
> I can narrow down the field by telling you that my Catalyst 2828-EN (2820
> series-- modular brother of the 1900-series) is NOT quiet. Mine makes so
> much noise I avoided using it (and my Cat 5000), and used a combination of
> quieter 3Com switch, 3Com hub, and crossover cables. This was a mistake
and
> prevented me from getting lots and lots of practice carving out VLANs on
> switches early on in my preparation.
>
> (Both of these white elephants are for sale, if anyone is interested.)
>
> Tom Larus, CCIE #10,014
> 540-368-2601
>
> ""Charlie Wehner"" wrote in message
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I'm looking to buy a switch for my apartment. (Right now, the 2950T
> 24port
> > 10/100/1000Base-T looks promising.)
> >
> > However, the amount of noise this thing produces is a concern. I want to
> > put it in my living room (Actually, it's the only room... I live in a
> > studio.) so I can't have this thing cranking away while I'm trying to
> watch
> > a movie, have a date over (Ya, it does happen sometimes... it's a
> miracle.)
> > or when I'm trying to go to sleep. Does anyone know which switches are
> the
> > quietest? I would like it to support the enhanced image. Anyone else
run
> > into this problem?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Charlie
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