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A Switch Even a Penguin Can Love

Posted by tuxchick on · 10 comments
Enterprise Networking Planet; By Carla Schroder 		Mail this story
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But as powerful as Linux networking is, even Linux has its limitations, and one of them is you still need a commercial Ethernet switch. Sure, you could cobble together some hardware, throw Linux on it, and handcraft a perfectly good Ethernet switch. But it's hardly worth the effort, though it might be fun as a learning exercise....

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Comments (10)

techiem2 ·
Now you've got me drooling over gigabit smart switches again! *waves empty wallet angrily* :P
Sander_Marechal ·
I got one of these when Carla recommended it to me a few months back here in an LXer thread. Sweet :-)
techiem2 ·
Yeah, I was drooling over it then too.....
hkwint ·
Quoting:gigabit smart switches


Darnit, I must have dyslexia or so? Or out of LaVazza again. I was reading gigabit smart witches. Huh? Never heard of them. I must review my medieval-centric viewpoint of witches I'm afraid.
tuxchick Story submitter ·
Hans, you're thinking of the Switches of Eastwick. They're so good they're almost magical.
azerthoth ·
/me holds nose and runs from room
gus3 ·
Bad TC!

No RFC2109 for you!
jezuch ·
Quoting:They're so good they're almost magical.


Plain old Clarke's law: sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic :) (And if you think it's just science-fiction, the next time you fix your MCSE family member's computer, watch their reactions)
dinotrac ·
Hans --

The reason those smart witches are hard to find is easy to explain: after Giga bit them, they didn't seem so smart any more.
pat ·
Only 8 ports, bummer.

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