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Lord Zedeck · October 10th, 2009

Okay, so then I've narrowed it down to one of these. Would you have a preference with either or these, or is it that much of a "it doesn't matter" in this case?

Newegg.com - LINKSYS EZXS55W 10/100Mbps Workgroup Switch 5 x RJ45 - Switches

Newegg.com - D-Link DES-1105 10/100Mbps Desktop Switch 5 x RJ45 2K MAC Address Table 64KB Buffer Memory - Switches

Don't count the mail in rebate on the second. I won't be going through the trouble of using it.

P.S. Why are switches only 10/100 for the common ones? I know that's more than enough for most internet, but routers have moved on to 10/100/1000.

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wlee15 · October 10th, 2009

Just get a gigabit switch, if you ever have to transfer something large from or to your server it's agonizing to do it over 100 megabit switch.

I have one of these at home.

Newegg.com - TRENDnet TEG-S50G 10/100/1000Mbps GREENnet Switch 5 x RJ45 104KBytes Buffer Memory - Switches

Lord Zedeck · October 10th, 2009

Well, I won't be transferring any really large files probably something like 99.9% of the time, so even though that's not terribly expensive itself, that's honestly worth cutting the price in half to me. Besides that, the server has a 10/100 NIC anyway, so it won't matter.

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**FLaRe85** · October 11th, 2009

I'm going to put my vote in for the Linksys. We purchased 6 of those exact same D-Link models as pickup switches about a year and a half ago. 3 of them are left working. Half of them failed in under 2 years, which is pathetic. You probably won't be using it as "hard" as we did, though. So, you may fare better. We'd throw them into a ceiling, behind/under a desk, whatever the case called for whenever the number of workstations ended up exceeding the number of RJ45 jacks in the wall in some smaller corporate LANs. After that little lesson, we stick to Cisco, Cisco SMB (Linksys), and HP Procurve switches when we need to split a port. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to networking gear.

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October 10th, 2009	#21 (permalink)
Lord Zedeck Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,808	Okay, so then I've narrowed it down to one of these. Would you have a preference with either or these, or is it that much of a "it doesn't matter" in this case? Newegg.com - LINKSYS EZXS55W 10/100Mbps Workgroup Switch 5 x RJ45 - Switches Newegg.com - D-Link DES-1105 10/100Mbps Desktop Switch 5 x RJ45 2K MAC Address Table 64KB Buffer Memory - Switches Don't count the mail in rebate on the second. I won't be going through the trouble of using it. P.S. Why are switches only 10/100 for the common ones? I know that's more than enough for most internet, but routers have moved on to 10/100/1000. __________________ "Without forgiveness, life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation." "Judge people not of their mistakes, but on how they handle those mistakes." Core 2 Duo E8600 @4.0GHz- ASUS Maximus Formula (Rampage Formula BIOS 0701) - 8GB (4x 2GB) Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 MSI nVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB - 4x Western Digital Caviar 6400AAKS (2,560GB total) - PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 IBM P275 21" CRT (1600x1200 @100Hz) - Logitech Z-2300 2.1 Sound System - Windows 7 64-bit & Windows XP SP3

October 10th, 2009	#22 (permalink)
wlee15 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 47	Just get a gigabit switch, if you ever have to transfer something large from or to your server it's agonizing to do it over 100 megabit switch. I have one of these at home. Newegg.com - TRENDnet TEG-S50G 10/100/1000Mbps GREENnet Switch 5 x RJ45 104KBytes Buffer Memory - Switches

October 10th, 2009	#23 (permalink)
Lord Zedeck Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 1,808	Well, I won't be transferring any really large files probably something like 99.9% of the time, so even though that's not terribly expensive itself, that's honestly worth cutting the price in half to me. Besides that, the server has a 10/100 NIC anyway, so it won't matter. __________________ "Without forgiveness, life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation." "Judge people not of their mistakes, but on how they handle those mistakes." Core 2 Duo E8600 @4.0GHz- ASUS Maximus Formula (Rampage Formula BIOS 0701) - 8GB (4x 2GB) Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 MSI nVidia GeForce 8800GT 512MB - 4x Western Digital Caviar 6400AAKS (2,560GB total) - PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 IBM P275 21" CRT (1600x1200 @100Hz) - Logitech Z-2300 2.1 Sound System - Windows 7 64-bit & Windows XP SP3

October 11th, 2009	#24 (permalink)
FLaRe85 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Waterloo, NE Posts: 2,569	I'm going to put my vote in for the Linksys. We purchased 6 of those exact same D-Link models as pickup switches about a year and a half ago. 3 of them are left working. Half of them failed in under 2 years, which is pathetic. You probably won't be using it as "hard" as we did, though. So, you may fare better. We'd throw them into a ceiling, behind/under a desk, whatever the case called for whenever the number of workstations ended up exceeding the number of RJ45 jacks in the wall in some smaller corporate LANs. After that little lesson, we stick to Cisco, Cisco SMB (Linksys), and HP Procurve switches when we need to split a port. You really do get what you pay for when it comes to networking gear. __________________ .: Flaretech.Net :: Flaretech.Biz Web Hosting :: H3 Stats :: My Blog :. .: Mac Pro :: Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400s :: 6 GB 800MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMMs :: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB GDDR3 :. .: Macbook Pro 17" :: 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo :: 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 :: ATI Radeon X1600 :.