[Bloat] Any non-bloaty 4port or 8port GigE switches?

[Michael Richardson]

leetminiwheat <LeetMiniWheat at gmail.com> wrote:
    > Sorry again for the noise, but maybe the old WNDR3800 can be repurposed for
    > this? Not sure how to do bonding on it however or if it needs hardware
    > support in the switch. I think 802.3ad link aggregation requires hardware
    > support but most switches with those are likely bloaty?

No, the 3800 can't do GigE wire speed forwarding on it's 4-port part, and to
do any kind of bonding, etc. requires Linux to be involved, so it would be
even slower.

    > Hi, sorry for the noise here but can anyone recommend a decent
    > non-bloated 4port or 8port GigE switch? something supporting
    > bonding/failover would be a bonus but not a requirement.

I could use the same thing too.

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