Router for a small network of about 25-30 users

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Mon Sep 18 18:49:39 UTC 2006


On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 01:20:57PM -0400, William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> The one advantage that you may find with a commodity switch is that it
> will likely use less power and make less noise than a PC.  Reduced power
> use is nothing to sneeze at.

True I guess.  On the other hand some routers like say a Cisco Pix 506,
would appear to use a lot more power, if the heat it generates is
anything to go by. :)  Sometimes small routers don't use small amounts
of power.

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