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We are currently considering the Linksys POE switch for a small Asterisk office deployment. There will be no separate wiring closet to put it in. Can anybody tell me if this switch has a loud fan? Users would not be able to tolerate a loud noise close by. Otherwise we will go with a fanless desktop switch. Thanks, -- Andres

Has anyone come across a device that could cancel out the noise from servers, ie. the fan noise? I have a server rack near my office and would like to see if i can decrease the noise level. It would seem to me that the steady drone of the fans could be cancelled out to a large extent.

...y hard to do because the noise source is diffused, and reaches your ears via multiple paths, plus your ears aren't at a fixed location. Its easier to move the servers to somewhere you won't hear them, like a server closet that you can soundproof and add forced ventilation to. or wear earplugs. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

Can PDAs be used as softphones/clients on asterisk? what i wanted to do is to set up 2 PDAs as softphone(client) which allows them to communicate each other through asterisk server(desktop) devices i have: pda compaq model 3680 pda sharp sl5500 access point desktop(asterisk) can i apply my idea on the asterisk? any guides? thanks in advance :) --------------------------------- Do

I just built up a server running CentOS 4.3, and trying to boot from a 3Ware 9550SX-16ML, 16 port card. This system has 9x500GB drives, AMD Opteron, Tyan K8SD mobo and 1 GB of ram. I downloaded the latest (9.3.0.4) driver from 3Ware, and after a couple of botched attempts, I got CentOS installed. In my two botched attempts, the problem was X hanging during the formatting of the drives, so I