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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have had good experiences with the SMC EZ FDT
series of switches, that are considerably cheaper than even Linksys. This
data spec sheet claims 5.8Gbps backplane, though I haven't tested it beyond
2Gbps with squid load testing.</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.smc.com/drivers_downloads/library/EZ108FDT_1016FDT_1024FDT.pdf">http://www.smc.com/drivers_downloads/library/EZ108FDT_1016FDT_1024FDT.pdf</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:jeffm@lava.net" title=jeffm@lava.net>Jeff Mings</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:luau@list.luau.hi.net" title=luau@list.luau.hi.net>Linux &
Unix Advocates & Users</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 09, 2001 11:04
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [luau] "less-expensive" switch
hardware</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV> The Linksys switches have an internal
backplane speed of 2.7Gbps, which is higher than the DLink switches' apparent
speed of 1.6Gbps. Linksys stuff has always worked out for me, and they
generally make a point of supporting Linux with their NICs. Anyone
have a preference for a brand of "less-expensive" switches?<BR><BR>Thanks for
your answer,<BR>-Jeff Mings<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>