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First Ethernet Switch In Space

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the iss-lan-party-arrives dept.

Rebecca will you marry me? writes "The ESA's Columbus laboratory module was added to the International Space Station in February, but Hewlett-Packard has only now chosen to reveal that the LAN onboard Columbus uses a ProCurve 2524 switch." HP admits it was the "most unusual and demanding" project ProCurve has done yet.

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  1. vulnerability by Iamthecheese · · Score: 0, Troll

    Relevent.

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  2. A HP Procurve 2524!!! by jabuzz · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's a nice switch, but for goodness sake. This switch has been obsolete for at least three years!!!

    It's a 24 10/100 port managed switch, with *optional* uplink modules at 1Gbps; fibre and copper available or some propriety stacking modules. It also has a couple of fans!!

    There are far better switches that are passively cooled, use less power, are cheaper and better performing...