[ot] Buying a new gigabit switch for home use

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 12:28 -0600, Michael Hipp wrote:
> 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.

We have a gbit d-link switch that does not allow NFS mounts over
connections that are not gbit (say, 100 mbit). It is true. Just swap out
the d-link switch, and all works. Lost a few hours on that one. So,
d-link switches are lower on our list these days. I can forward the
exact model number if anyone is interested. 


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