Quoth Chad Perrin on Wednesday, 08 June 2011: > On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 05:56:59PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > I'm still bringing back the dozens of things I removed from ethic. > > And testing new ideas. But I have a general question: have any of > > you wizards who run your own domains or otherwise use a switch [or > > hub] *ever* had it just-quit?! It is solid-state. Yes, the box is > > within my feet/foot reach. I have accidently kicked it i suppose, > > but still. > > I think I've just had ports die one by one on a switch until it no longer > worked. I don't think I've ever had the whole thing go poof for no > evident reason. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
I have, twice. Both times it was a Linksys switch, too. Just suddenly, no network. After the second one, I decided to switch (har) to a Netgear GS116. Haven't had any trouble with it so far (knocks on head), but I've only had it about a year. -- .O. | Sterling (Chip) Camden | http://camdensoftware.com ..O | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | http://chipsquips.com OOO | 2048R/D6DBAF91 | http://chipstips.com
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