[mythtv-users] Gigabit switch

[Daniel Kristjansson]

On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 12:58 -0400, John Drescher wrote:
> On 8/4/06, Michael MacLeod <mikemacleod at gmail.com> wrote:
> > And what would you recommend for home use? in the 8-10 port variety?
> NETGEAR GS108 10/100/1000Mbps Copper Gigabit Switch 8 X RJ-45 Ports 8K
> MAC Address Table 32 Kbytes per port Buffer

I have that at home also with no problems so far. I considered
some of the more consumerish gear from netgear and others,
since they had larger buffers and more features. But this
stylistically fits better with the rest of the networking
equipment, and I knew it wouldn't get in the way of my router
or my internet gateway or my other switches or my dhcp server
(they are on different segments and some "home networking"
stuff wants everything to be plugged into it directly).

I'm planning to install a larger (24-48 port) 1000 Base-T
switch in my basement in a few months so I can have a simpler
network and to provide gratis internet service to the tenants.
Anyway, I'm seriously considering netgear (I also have 4 port
switches throughout my home which have given years of trouble
free service). Although I do understand the larger switches
address an entirely different market, netgear does have a good
reputation with me, unlike say Cisco (reboot daily, try new
firmware in vain hope crap; which you eventually throw away
in frustration or break apart for parts).

AFAIC I've never had to reboot metal cased netgear or
smc equipment at home or work. My guess is they don't
try to save 0.5 cents on capacitors when they can mark
the switch up $5 just for the 50 cent metal case alone.

-- Daniel