On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 12:19:17PM -0500, Gary Udstrand wrote: > This is for home use so I am looking at the 100-200 dollar range. I am not > familiar with the difference between an unmanaged and a managed switch. Do I > want/need a managed switch in a home environment?
Nope. The only place it CAN come in useful is if you have to set the speed/duplex on a specific port due to a device that won't autoneg properly. For your price range, this is not a bad option: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bccwgk1&s=bsd If you would like to go cheaper: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122141 If you want managed for a decent price, this seems half decent but has some complaints: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124046 -- Bryan G. Seitz
