Re: [OT] ish: Need a new switch

["Shmern" <shmern@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just to agree, the FSM726 range of switches are excellent for the money,
but
they are FAR from quiet, but interesting to hear disconnecting the fans
appeared to have no ill effects. I may do this on mine at home.

D.

>>
> Not a route I would suggest as there must be quiet or even fanless
> designs out there... but I found some Netgear FSM726S 24 port managed
> switches with 2 x Gb uplinks on eBay and when I plugged them in they
> sounded like a vacuum cleaner :-( which was very disappointing as one
> was destined for my lounge AV rack.  They were a bargain price so I
took
> the plunge and just disconnected one and then both fans, running just
> for a few secs / then mins to see if there was a heat problem.  I
judged
> they were OK and the fans were over cautious . The cases run warm but
> not hot. I now have three of these running in racks (6 months) without
> fans although I have not sandwich mounted them and the racks are
> reasonably well ventilated , two are open back/sided.  I've just taken
> the risk that they might die one day.  This email has probaly just
> precipitated that... touches wood.
>