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   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 9/4/25 03:30, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 3 Sep 2025 09:57:44 -0400, -hh wrote:   
   >   
   >> ... I want to provision a 10G switch, and since lot of $150 stuff that   
   >> tends to have high failure rates, I'm leaning towards a $300 Ubiquiti.   
   >   
   > There is a lot of Cisco stuff on the second-hand market, still useful even   
   > though it might be a decade or more old and no longer officially   
   > supported. And the range of functionality is just breathtaking.   
      
   I've peeked at that stuff at times; my general attitude has been that   
   they're usually overkill (& power hungry) for my needs, as well as prone   
   to a learning curve of skills I know that I'm not strong on (plus being   
   used can have additional headaches too) for not a huge dollar savings.   
      
   I'd prefer to not spend $300 for five RJ45 10Gbe switch ports, but that   
   avoids SFP+ stuff, so its pretty appealing as a turnkey solution.   
   > I have been learning about some of it lately, for a client. One switch I   
   > have here is running an OS called “Open IOS XE”, which uses a Linux   
   kernel   
   > and even lets you write Python code to run on it.   
   In between more serious commitments, I'm trying to find the time to   
   relearn RapidWeaver for updating my websites.   
      
      
   -hh   
      
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