<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>...and now for something completly different....<br><br>In very small situations I've been very happy with this desktop POE switch $69 http://shop1.frys.com/product/4971591<br><br>Jim<br>www.sigma-networks.com<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Daniel Hazelbaker" <daniel@highdesertchurch.com><br>To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com><br>Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 8:06:06 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<br>Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] PoE switch recommendations?<br><br>On Oct 7, 2008, at 4:19 AM, Chris Bagnall wrote:<br><br>>> I recently purchased a few SRW208P switches. They work fine. If you<br>>> run Windows. Granted a lot of people run windows instead of Mac or<br>>> Linux, but be aware (to those looking) that the SRW line of switches<br>>> REQUIRE Internet Explorer on Windows. The support site says it is<br>>> recommended, but even the login page does not work properly on<br>>> anything but IE on Windows. For me, as a Mac user, it is enough to<br>>> not buy any more of those ever again.<br>><br>> That's very strange, I've used FF2 and 3 under Linux plenty of times <br>> to configure the SRW224P units. I'd have thought the web interfaces <br>> would be pretty similar between the models.<br><br>I have not personally tried using FF under Linux with these, though I <br>ran across a number of posts that say it doesn't work. I know FF2 and <br>the latest FF3 don't work under Mac (don't work for the SRW that is) <br>and I know they don't work on Windows. (Linksys' official statement is <br>to use that ietab plugin that embeds IE in a firefox tab). I would <br>expect FF to behave the same as far as what works and doesn't in all 3 <br>environments, but maybe not. I'll install FF3 on my Linux server and <br>try as that would be more convenient than firing up Parallels <br>everytime I need to change a config option in the switch. On Win/Mac <br>it lets you log in but the "main menu" screen is blank, nothing to <br>click on, just the background template. *shrug* Seeing as we already <br>need more than the 8 ports I think I'll stick to the 24/48 port <br>versions anyway.<br><br>> Regards,<br>><br>> Chris<br><br>Daniel<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --<br><br>AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona<br>Register Now: http://www.astricon.net<br><br>asterisk-users mailing list<br>To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:<br> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users<br></div></body></html>