Re: [PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

2019-11-23 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, Louis Kowolowski wrote: IMHO they’re all approx. the same. the hardware is typically low(ish) quality. They typically can’t sustain full bandwidth on all ports at the same time (eg. an 8 port 1g switch would not be capable of actually passing 8G of traffic through it at the

Re: [PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

2019-11-23 Thread Louis Kowolowski
IMHO they’re all approx. the same. the hardware is typically low(ish) quality. They typically can’t sustain full bandwidth on all ports at the same time (eg. an 8 port 1g switch would not be capable of actually passing 8G of traffic through it at the same time). Typically they don’t release

Re: [PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

2019-11-23 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, Tomas Kuchta wrote: These things are commodity, so any of the manufacturers is probably about the same quality/durability. Tomas, That's good to know. What matters are price, features, management/configuration and design. Example: If you need vlans, you will need to

Re: [PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

2019-11-23 Thread Tomas Kuchta
These things are commodity, so any of the manufacturers is probably about the same quality/durability. I do not believe that anyone has invested a penny in 1Gb unmanaged switch products in over decade. So, they are essentially the same old products made by old fabs. What matters are price,

Re: [PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

2019-11-23 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 23 Nov 2019, Rich Shepard wrote: I'm now using a Netgear GS116 gigabit switch and I want a backup unmanaged That's a GS316, not GS116. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] Unmanaged gigabit switches: does brand matter?

2019-11-23 Thread Rich Shepard
While my old LinkSys (non-gigabit) switch worked for years it recently died. I'm now using a Netgear GS116 gigabit switch and I want a backup unmanaged 16-port gigabit switch. I find them available from Cisco, Netgear, TrendNet, TP-Link, and D-Link. Where reviews are provided (Newegg and Amazon)