[geeks] Cable modems/routers

[Francois Dion]

Bill Bradford wrote:

>On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 10:56:43AM -0400, Francois Dion wrote:
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>>For anything that is backbone and where you need to monitor the network, 
>>you want a managed switch. Used Cisco Catalyst 28xx (10 mb but can take 
>>100mb modules too) and 29xx (100 mb) are great for home networks, 
>>altough a little large at 2U and a little noisy (set it up in the 
>>basement, under the stairs, or something like that). I'm suggesting in 
>>particular the 2916XL or 2924XL, since you said "one of our switches". 
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>I've got a 2912XL, but would love to find quieter fans for it.  right now
>I'm debating running it in the closet with 50foot ethernet cables from the
>two main PCs.
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>Bill
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Haven't had the time to look into that yet. Panaflo running at a slower 
speed is a possibility:
http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/appliance/appliance_fans_panaflo_axial.htm

Francois