I've been using a 16-port Netgear switch for several months, and never have any troubles with it.
WMM On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:31:47 -0500, Greg Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had problems with my past 5 port ethernet switch. Every > once-in-a-while my switch would lock up and refuse to push any more > packets. It got annoying because it always seemed to fail when I was > traveling somewhere and needed to access home files. > > My 16 port linksys has never had a problem, for whatever that is worth. > The good thing about linksys switches are they use low power, do not > have noisy fans, and offer fairly decent throughput though you are > never going to mistake the packet pushing abilities of a SOHO linksys > verses, say, a Cisco 3750. But at a couple thousand dollars less > expensive they are a bit easier on the wallet. > > Greg > > On Mar 9, 2005, at 8:13 AM, Hugh Crissman wrote: > > > I have seen some great threads about networking equipment here so I > > thought I > > would pose this question. Does anyone have any suggestions for a > > switch for a > > home network. I am looking for reliable, fast, and wallet friendly. I > > was > > looking at the linksys sd205 > > (http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp? > > grid=34&scid=31&prid=546), any > > opinions? I have heard others mention QOS, but what advantage would > > that give > > me on a small home network? > > > > Thanks, > > > > H. Crissman > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- http://warrenmyers.com "Don't let the elephants see what the rabbits are doing." --Ben R Rich "He looks like a contented Christian with four aces." --Mark Twain -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
