[geeks] QUIET Network Switch

[James Rice]

I've got a Netgear 16 port switch, a 16 port 10/100 hub and a 24 port 
10BT hub in my  closet at home.  The switch and the dual speed hub both 
have fans and are very quiet. I don't need  a managable switch here, so 
the Netgears are fine. I paid less than $60.00 for the switch and a hair 
over $30.00 for the dual speed hub on ebay.  I picked up the 24 port 
last year for about $10.00, also on ebay.  They are all the 500 series, 
rack mount cases.

The Netgear fans are very common size, often used on high end video 
cards.  I replaced the fans in a customer's hub with some $1.99 surplus 
bb fans from Tanners.

On another note, I'm all bummed out tonight.  Last week a stupid b---h 
pulled out in front of me,.  She failed  to yield on a non-protected 
turn on Canton at Good-Latimer in dt Dallas.  I hit her and now her 
insurance is refusing to return my calls.  I have a witnress, a Dallas 
cop that was following me and saw the whole thing.  Guess it's ambulance 
chasing lawyer time.  I think my truck is totaled.  And to top it all 
off, my 21" Mitsubishi monitor on my XP 1800 just crapped out.


James

>I need to purchase a 12 or 24-port switch 10 or 100MB rack-mountable 
>> >>switch that is quiet.  Any suggestions?  Cisco 29xx's are too loud, 
>> >>Compaq Netelligents sound like a jet plane... anybody?
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>> > NetGear.
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>> I second that!
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>I've had no problems at all with my NefGear switches and they are
>*quiet*!