[ot] Buying a new gigabit switch for home use

[Michael Hipp]

Mike Reinehr wrote:
> On Saturday 23 December 2006 05:24, Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>> Is 3Com still a reliable brand? Or some other brands?
> 
> I just purchased a Netgear GS605 10/100/1000Mbps switch for under $40. It was 
> well rated, easy to set up & attractive. So far (about a week) it seems to be 
> doing well.
> 
> I used to be happy with 3Com but they haven't seemed to be competitive lately.

I recently upgraded a client to all GB stuff using D-Link. All seems to 
be working well. Noticeable speed improvement over 10/100 on large file 
transfers.

3Com is generally good stuff but they try to be "enterprise grade" so 
it's pricey.

Michael