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31-Oct-17 8:38

... Or better said... time to buy a switch for my (new) home Smile | :)

Since I have about zero know how in networks, I thought Codeproject could be the right place to get some advice.
So I need about 8 ports, Gbit of course, as less noise as possible. Note : I have a router between the Interweb and this switch.
So far, I found something like this:
Netgear GS108E-100PES Switch Configurable 8 Ports Gigabit[^]
Any (better) ideas ?

User 842031-Oct-17 8:43

User 8420

31-Oct-17 8:43

Unless you have reason for a managed switch, you can go un-managed and save 50%.

Rage31-Oct-17 9:09

31-Oct-17 9:09

What can you do with a managed one ? I have no idea what programmable feature would be required on a switch (for me it is just a multiple plug, but for network instead of electricity).

Should you buy a managed or unmanaged network switch? | Windows Central[^]

User 842031-Oct-17 9:13

User 8420

31-Oct-17 9:13

Rage wrote:
for me it is just a multiple plug, but for network instead of electricity

Sounds like you can go unmanaged.

Rage31-Oct-17 9:47

31-Oct-17 9:47

Mike Mullikin wrote:
Sounds like you can go unmanaged.

phil.o31-Oct-17 9:30

phil.o

31-Oct-17 9:30

A managed one will allow you to create VLANs for example, in case you have a complex architecture with several LAN segments that you want to separate from each other.
But, for a personal, home usage, an unmanaged one is quite sufficient.
I've used Netgear switches for years, had to change the AC adapter once, but apart from that got no problem with them.

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Munchies_Matt31-Oct-17 22:44

Munchies_Matt

31-Oct-17 22:44

Rage wrote:
or me it is just a multiple plug,

Get a hub then.

Sascha Lefèvre31-Oct-17 8:44

Sascha Lefèvre

31-Oct-17 8:44

Rage wrote:
as less noise as possible

For best sound quality buy one with vacuum-tubes Cool | :cool:

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Rage31-Oct-17 9:07

31-Oct-17 9:07

Ah, yes, and that's fortunate, because I happen to have a gold bar lying around which I did not know how to use Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

PIEBALDconsult31-Oct-17 9:10

PIEBALDconsult

31-Oct-17 9:10

Good for killing cockroaches in corners?

Rage31-Oct-17 9:49

31-Oct-17 9:49

I use it as a replacement of war and peace for adjusting the height of one of the legs of my desk (my mother in law wanted to read it).

dandy7231-Oct-17 10:57

dandy72

31-Oct-17 10:57

Jeez, just how loaded are you? Big Grin | :-D

Munchies_Matt31-Oct-17 22:49

Munchies_Matt

31-Oct-17 22:49

Sascha Lefèvre wrote:
For best sound quality buy one with vacuum-tubes

Marshal do a good range, though I have a Peavey. Cool | :cool:

PIEBALDconsult31-Oct-17 9:15

PIEBALDconsult

31-Oct-17 9:15

I've bought mostly cheap five Port ones and had only one fail, but I also went all spendy for a sixteen Port one a while back, which wasn't too expensive. I think it even has some firewall functionality.

I'll have to see what it is when I get home.

Amazon tells me it's a
NETGEAR ProSafe Ethernet Switch (GS116NA)

modified 31-Oct-17 15:21pm.

milo-xml1-Nov-17 2:28

milo-xml

1-Nov-17 2:28

I've had really good luck with these at work. Although they are getting more plastic in the construction as of late....
Cisco Small Business SG110D-08 - switch - 8 ports - unmanaged - SG110D-08-NA - Fixed (Managed) Switches - CDW.com[^]

Dan Neely1-Nov-17 2:33

Dan Neely

1-Nov-17 2:33

Rage wrote:
, as less noise as possible.

Definitely go with a consumer model like you're looking at, no matter how cheap a used/on sale rackmount one might look. I'll have obnoxiously loud fans, probably with no control since it's designed to go into an oven where they always need to be running.

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