[lug] OT: network gear

Sean Reifschneider jafo at tummy.com
Wed Apr 24 02:09:46 MDT 2002


On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 06:31:42PM -0600, Nate Duehr wrote:
>There most definitely *is* a difference between a SOHO no-name 5 port
>"switch" from the local computer store and even a low-end Cisco Catalyst
>switch.

Yeah, the Cisco is the one that takes a solid minute to figure out you've
plugged a new device into it.  ;-/  Maybe it's the STP trying to figure out
the new network topology?

Sean
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