I may soon be in the market for a new switch for use at home. Now this should only be a WIRED gigabit switch, no wireless at all in fact. 12 ports is enough however here in the past few weeks I've been experiencing occasional dropouts of network connectivity. Having troubleshot the router and modem and my computers, the switch is the only thing left and the only culprit which would be causing this across multiple workstations.
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Recommended home switch?
- Thread starter wixter
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Unmanaged or Managed? I'm assuming Unmanaged and in that case you can literally go with just about anything. Dumb switches are dumb and the only difference is that some models have more quirks than others or just built cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122139
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122139
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I got a Netgear gs724tv3 for like 160$ off ebay. 24 gig ports and a managed switch. It's ok not a fan of the web ui, but it works and does it's job for cheap.
Like others have said if unmanaged you can use almost anything as long as it has enough ports. I have never noticed any performance difference between home switches of many brands.
Like others have said if unmanaged you can use almost anything as long as it has enough ports. I have never noticed any performance difference between home switches of many brands.
