[ot] Buying a new gigabit switch for home use

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2006-12-28 at 12:51 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> 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. 

Is that thing blocking ports, like a firewall?? Can you config it?
Sounds like it's doing exactly that. Ric
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