Long Day's Journey into <Bleep>

[Gary Kline]

On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 10:05:19AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote:
> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:05:19 -0700
> From: Chip Camden <sterling at camdensoftware.com>
> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep>
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> 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.


	Hm, yours and Theo's notes qualify for my danger, will-robinson
	file:_)  I've generally had good luck with hardware.  Maybe it's
	just sheer luck.  Then again, it could be simple shit-for-brains
	bad circuit design.  --At least, with all these stories coming
	out of the woodwork i don't feel that bad.  ...Well, I *do* in
	that I tore my server pretty much apart.  Even tho bind9 was
	working 100% i figured it wasn't, blah*3.

	thankee.

	gary



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