[geeks] Seems like low-cost Cisco 10/100 switches are available

[Phil Stracchino]

Joshua Boyd wrote:
> I don't think  a commodity gige switch is going to offer things like 
> vlans or port mirroring, and I could see more advanced home users 
> wanting both.  And I know I've heard people say they need the ability to 
> turn off auto-negotiate and just set the port settings to the correct 
> values to make things work with various fun equipment.

Sometimes I think I'm the only geek on the planet who's never had an 
Ethernet auto-negotiation failure.

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