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Early Vid: Stackable '90s Intel Networking Gear

🕑 Added 2024-03-25 23:43:29 +0000 UTC

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Sven

Looking at the FTP server that timed out for you, it is working and I managed to get the file off it, but it downloaded at 9 kilobits per second.

clabretro

yes!

Matthew Gregory

The next thing would be to find some (or make) rack rails :)

Liquorist

Haha I got a notification a few moments ago. 😂

clabretro

I got impatient and set it live 😂

Sgt. Silver

I've seen several retro youtubers do it with esd brushes, seems like they aren't that expensive

Tobias Christiansen

I've also never bothered with it (in a private context), but good to keep in mind if anything inexplicably fails after cleaning

clabretro

yeah decided it was worth the risk haha

Tobias Christiansen

Be careful when using a brush and an air compressor to dust the dust away, you can easily run into trouble with electrostatic discharge and destroy some components.

clabretro

Good point. I didn't actually know that when I first set the bridge up, so I used to be messing with the IP all the time. Now it's just set to whatever the last network was when I thought I had to do that haha.

Jordan Armstrong

Just a quick tip, as long as lroxmox doesn't need to be accessed on that bridge, it doesn't need an IP address. You can leave it blank.

clabretro

haha don't worry, it will be very rare that they're out this early

Liquorist

I’m going to need to get used to this early access thing; I can already tell that Saturday morning me is going to feel deprived of watching this! 😅

clabretro

oh yeah. Procurve is on the list.

Matt Standish

Very cool. Now compare them with an HP Procurve. They were my favorite around 2007ish.

clabretro

thanks! yeah I need to get a 3com vid going soon!

Sgt. Silver

Found one for 35$ with a 100FX module - Maybe that's cheap enough for ya for justifying to buy it just for the module. https://adhesivenetworks.com/product/intel-express-510t-switch-24-port-managed-es510t-with-2-port-100fx-module/ And while you're at it to poke at old networking gear equipment from yesteryear - 3COM wants to know your location. :D I wonder if these things still exist and would potentially work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Search_Appliance

clabretro

thanks! I'll attempt to weave more of that in, I really enjoy that stuff as well

Linh Pham

I'm glad you left it in, as it'll be something people who want to get into the older networking gear will run into.

John Fugedy

I like your idea of injecting some history behind the hardware and software. What was the reason for the design? What was the market? Why was it successful, or not? How was it ultimately used? I think the background of the machine is just as interesting as watching these old computers come back to life!

clabretro

total face palm moment after I realized it finally. thought about cutting that out but figured I'd show everyone the pain haha

Linh Pham

I guess I'm showing my age that when you were about to connect the two switches together, I was already internally screaming "crossover cable!". Auto MDIX wasn't common back then and I always had a bunch of crossover cables (different color than normal cables, if I had the choice) to differentiate them.