[mythtv-users] Network speed.

Mark Knecht markknecht at gmail.com
Mon May 30 04:39:53 UTC 2005


On 5/29/05, Mathew Mrosko <mythtv at matmrosko.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 29 May 2005 09:06 pm, Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >    I just bought a cheap Netgear 5 port 100Mb switch for <$20 @ Frys.
> > Why bother with the old stuff? You don't need a 24-port switch for 3-4
> > frontends. You need the little guy I bought.
> 
> A) Because I already have it, why buy new, and just throw yet another thing
> that could be useful away?  I'm no "tree-hugger" but I hate to throw
> something away that will just take up more space in a land-fill somewhere,
> especially when it could be useful still.
> 
> B) Because already having it is still cheaper than <$20 @ Frys.
> 
> C) Because it takes me over 1 1/2 hours to get to the neartest Frys.
> 
> :)
> 
> (Sorry, I didn't mean to be a dick, the whole reason I posted to the mailing
> list wasn't to get "hey, just buy something new" messages...  I could have
> easily done that, I was just wondering if it would work with something I
> already have.)
> 
> -Mat

OK, I wasn't taking your response as 'being a dick'. The online places
have a boat-load of these things for <$25, and probably under $20  if
you look around. They are more reliable and cost less over time.

I've worked around networking hardware for a long time. In all
likelyhood, in my experience, it will work but not work very well. It
has enough bandwidth on paper but depending on the specific switch you
may find that it really doesn't do 10Mb/S on each port.  It certainly
won't cost you much to find out. Try it. Nothing's lost, except time,
and probably $1/month in electricty. (Should you find yourself
slipping slightly closer to that tree...) ;-)

Sorry for not giving you this sort of answer to start. I wasn't being
smart. I value my time pretty highly.

Cheers,
Mark


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