Re: Off topic: network switch question

Any cheap networking device will be suspect and have bad reviews. There is a reason why some items are as cheap as they are. The other thing you have to consider is how fast a switch can process data, and how it processes the data. A good 10/100 switch will outperform a cheap GB switch just due to how well it can process and foreword data to the next hop or machine. Netgear's professional and small business line is very well built and performs pretty damn good for the price range they are in. Buy the cheap stuff, and you get what you pay for.


"milleron" <apn60637@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:13oadf96e9mv8e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the input? What I'm asking is if you can personally vouch for the product's ability to connect gigabit devices at gigabit speeds when there are also 100Mbs devices connected to the switch?

I'd prefer an option other than Netgear. The 100+ reviews of this item at Newegg, indicate that it fails so often that disgruntled users have coined a term, "the flashing lights of death," to describe the way it dies. It appears that many users don't get more than a few months out of it, and then Netgear support is difficult to deal with.

Also, the jacks are on the front of the unit, so if you have it facing cables coming from the rear of the desktop, you can't see the LEDs.

STILL, if someone can tell me that his own experience shows it to work in a mixed environment, then, for just $60, I'd be willing to take a chance.

Andy wrote:
Get the GS108.
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/DesktopSwitches/GS108.aspx
Integrates 10, 100, and 1000 Mbps devices on the same network. Every
port automatically senses the right speed and full/half duplex mode,
and Auto Uplink™ technology automatically adjusts for straight-through
or crossover cables.
Lifetime Warranty.

On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:30:47 -0500, milleron <apn60637@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

This has nothing to do with my Asus motherboards, all of which are working well, but I've always received good advice in this forum..

I just had a gigabit network switch die, and I've been researching the inexpensive units meant for unmanaged home LANs. It turns out that some of the brand-name units like Netgear models do NOT provide gigabit networking in a mixed environment -- i.e., if just one device connected to the switch is 10 or 100 Mbs only, then the switch runs ALL of its connections at that slower rate, even if the other computers have gigabit NICs. (This probably explains the disappointing results I experienced after connecting my Buffalo Gigabit LinkStation (NAS) to the computers on my LAN via two inexpensive Netgear gigabit switches.)

I'm having a problem identifying WHICH replacement to buy because the manufacturers do not specify whether their products actually do provide gigabit switching in mixed environments.

I'm hoping to spend less than $70 for such a product, and I want one that doesn't require configuration. Does anyone have experience with a switch like that in a mixed environment -- some computers with gigabit NICs and some with only older 100Mbs NICs?

Ron

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