[Tfug] "Opening" a physical ethernet connection

[Bender]

Don,

Why don't you really tell us what you are trying to do?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bexley Hall" <bexley401 at yahoo.com>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Tfug] "Opening" a physical ethernet connection


> On 5/1/2013 11:53 AM, John M wrote:
>> It appears a managed switch is too simple.  I would suggest a Rube 
>> Goldberg
>> machine to assist you in your quest.
>
> No, it's not simple *enough*!
>
> Would you want to have to boot a PC *just* so you could disable a port
> on a managed switch?  Sure seems like a lot more time/effort than
> "flipping a (toggle) switch".
>
> [Imagine having to boot a PC just to turn a light on/off]
>
> If you *only* want to do this for a couple of ports, why force
> your entire network fabric (70+ ports, in my case) to have that
> capability?  Gb PoE managed switch just so you can do this with
> a Gb port, or a PoE port, etc.?
>
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