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| Thread ID: 123928 | 2012-03-26 08:55:00 | Need new switch | nedkelly (9059) | Press F1 |
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| 1266811 | 2012-03-26 08:55:00 | So im finally thinking about finishing my network upgrade, I just need a 16+ port gigabit switch, does anyone have any recommendations on what switches are great and which ones should be avoided like the plague? | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1266812 | 2012-03-26 09:01:00 | This looks pretty good (www.pbtech.co.nz). I dont have 1. But I may get one of their modem/routers soon | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1266813 | 2012-03-26 09:22:00 | I have one of their routers and love it, thinking of changing one model up so I can get gargoyle. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1266814 | 2012-03-26 09:28:00 | I may get this (pbtech.co.nz). PCWorld NZ gave it 4/5 stars. Then get a few tp-link wireless adapters after. I'm using a 4 port gigabit switch at the mo (as well as the 4 port 10/100 off this modem). But the only things connected to the GB switch are these 2 PC's. The rest are connected to the 10/100 (the Xbox/Bluray) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1266815 | 2012-03-26 09:37:00 | Interesting, I only have a router cause I have an AM300 modem, going to be so happy when I get a gigabit switch, entire gigabit network. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1266816 | 2012-03-26 10:08:00 | I found TP-Link never did good *DSL devices, you'd be better off keeping that AM300 IMO and half-bridging it to a Gargoyle / Tomato router. I found my 8-port TP-Link gigabit switch was great until I copied between two windows boxes at gigabit speeds, then it shat itself... and brought anything else that was going through the network to a crawl, like streaming from the Server to the WDTV. Just be careful if you do go for the same model Gargoyle device, the TL-WR740N coz the v2.* models aren't yet fully supported because of the SoC that they use (Search the Gargoyle Forums, I got stung by that personally, but OpenWRT support is there at least). The Linksys switches are good and low-cost. I'd recommend them. Or HP, they did some decent Gig-E switches last time I checked? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1266817 | 2012-03-26 10:09:00 | These (www.snappernet.co.nz)are on special until the end of this month. I'd get one of these over a TP-Link. Should be able to pick one up for not much more than the 16 port. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1266818 | 2012-03-26 11:16:00 | I found my 8-port TP-Link gigabit switch was great until I copied between two windows boxes at gigabit speeds, then it shat itself... and brought anything else that was going through the network to a crawl, like streaming from the Server to the WDTV. Typical behavior of cheap switches, because the backplane capacity is only rated for the total data rate of about two ports at full speed. Thus full capacity is used transferring from one port to the other, as soon as anything else tries to transfer, the speed all goes to hell. If you want something where you can transfer data on all ports at full speed at the same time you need to make sure the backplane capacity is at least The number of ports x The maximum Full-Duplex port speed Eg: For an 8-Port Gigabit Switch you want a backplane capacity of 16Gb/s at least. If it was something like 2Gb/s or 4Gb/s then it's cheap and nasty. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1266819 | 2012-03-26 11:19:00 | Yea that's why I mentioned the LevelOne 24 port gigabit switch, it has 48Gb/s bandwidth. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1266820 | 2012-03-26 19:16:00 | @Chill im thinking TL-WR1043ND which Gargoyle says is supported. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
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