On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Marc Skinner <marc at e-skinner.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > for home network gear - i have used both the linksys SR2024 and the dell > powerconnect 5324. they both support vlans and have full mgmt - command > line and web. the linksys is about half the price of the dell. they do > not do layer 3, which for home use isn't needed i'm guessing. for the > nics i'm a big fan of the intel e1000's - they have good support for > linux and have done well for me. i use cat5e for connectivity and get > good throughput on the network. > Thanks Marc - I should have mentioned that this is for a small home base business - and as I pay myself shit, I make up for it by buying real good equipment - that way I not only get the benefit of using quality stuffs, I get to learn the ins and outs of using such recruitments and then can recommend to my clients.... > my 2 cents. > > John Meier wrote: > > HI all- > > > > looking for recommendations on Gigabit NIC cards and a rack mount > GigaBit > > switch. In the process of running wire to my new communications rack > and > > would like a nice switch - have 3 mythtv frontends, a couple of Linux > > boxes, a couple of Macs and a Time Capsule. > > > > Any recommendations for switch and NICs linux boxes? > > > > thanks!!! > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFH1FMBvE9HrEfeE4cRAvA5AJ49sUlMeD+rq+GpyRpGXs5Sk53CsACgs5Su > /lp1q0k5oA+1SfLf1JLRTgY= > =fRmM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20080309/f018d976/attachment.htm