Nick,
Is there a disadvantage in getting another 8 port switch and linking them together? I know I then end up with 14 ports as opposed to 16 (as one on each will be taken with the connection).
On a home network, it shouldn't make any noticeable difference. The only time it would make a difference is if you have 2 devices on one switch trying to talk to 2 devices on the other switch. They would be sharing the 100Mbps uplink port. The same thing would happen on your existing network if 2 devices tried to talk to the same server at the same time though. Robert's point about only being able to daisy chain up to 2 switches is incorrect. Our network has at least 10 switches all linked together with redundant links. -- Later David Kirk
