--As of June 9, 2011 12:48:29 PM -0600, Chad Perrin is alleged to have said:
Are parts available for building an inexpensive switch, perhaps with the
ability to use a stripped-down FreeBSD to run the thing? The closest
I've found so far is this:
http://www.automationworld.com/products-2039
It says "make your own", but it looks to me like what they mean by that
is "put it in your own box and brand it with your name; power supply not
included".
The hardware requirements for building a switch are, unfortunately,
outside my area of expertise.
--As for the rest, it is mine.
Depending on your needs, Soekris, ALIX, or Netgate products could all work.
Most don't have large numbers of ports (2-5 built in are standard, and some
have expansion capability), but can run some higher-level processing while
doing switching work.
It may or may not be cost-effective though. Especially if all you need is
pure switch.
Daniel T. Staal
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