I wouldn't put "we have used netgear around our network" on a public forum that's searchable and associated to your name, but that's just me...
scary. On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Brian Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > We have used Netgear around our network in places. Mostly positive > results. What other vendor would you suggest that isn't cutting corners > like this? > > > On 2/10/2017 12:45 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > Looking at these more... > > FPE H20202DL-R > Is a dual 10/100 magnetics... So 4 pairs. This would work for a single > gigabit port > > FPE H40520MN > Is a quad 10/100 magnetics, so 8 pairs - this would work for two gigabit > ports > > I've also looked at the specs for these... seem like they're close enough > to gigabit to work. > > So as much as I would like to complain about cutting corners, this is one > of those cases where I don't see any obvious problems with this. > > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 11:18 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There are three, one of one part number and two of the other. >> >> *From:* Forrest Christian (List Account) >> *Sent:* Friday, February 10, 2017 11:15 AM >> *To:* af >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Netgear funny business >> >> I've found that in the effort to make gigabit things cheap, one of the >> main ways people cut corners are to use the worlds cheapest magnetics which >> mostly work. This is amazingly prevalent in the PoE market, as I've found >> that it's pretty common for the cheap vendors to use a chinese knockoff of >> an already questionable set of magnetics. Usually *not* rated for PoE, but >> works in many circumstances. I really wish I wasn't a vendor because I'd >> do a set of videos about some of my competition and the horrible sins >> they've committed in this regards. >> >> In this case it looks like they might taken a 'dual 10/100' magnetics and >> used them for gigabit which assuming all the specs are fine might actually >> work since 'dual' really means '4 pair'. Is there one set of these for >> each port? >> >> -forrest >> >> On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 8:51 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Took apart a brand new netgear GS205v2 router. It says 5 port gig >>> router. >>> Interesting that the ethernet magnetics inside will only do 100 mbps... >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* >> Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 >> [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com >> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> >> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> >> >> > > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > [email protected] | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > > >
