This seems like a good buy on a network switch

[Metspitzer]

This seems like a good buy. I needed another network port.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122111

 

[SC Tom]

This seems like a good buy. I needed another network port.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122111

I bought two of the older model (10/100) years ago when we had a small
network at work, and used them for about five years before our staff grew to
the point of needing more ports. And even after that, they were still in use
out on the shop floor for at least another 5 years. If the current quality
is the same as then, I would definitely recommend it.

 

[VanguardLH]

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I bought two of the older model (10/100) years ago when we had a small
network at work, and used them for about five years before our staff
grew to the point of needing more ports. And even after that, they
were still in use out on the shop floor for at least another 5 years.
If the current quality is the same as then, I would definitely
recommend it.

Does the above Netgear GS108 have any configurability, like letting you
configure the ports into different segments to isolate heavy traffic
from one segment from flooding the other segment? For example, some
ports may be used by an alpha/test lab that generates high volumes of
test traffic that should not flood into the corporate or backbone
network. It claims to be a business-class switch yet I don't see any
configuration options for it listed in its specs.

http://www.netgear.com/service-provider/products/switches/unmanaged-desktop-switches/GS108.aspx#

That didn't list any configurability, either. Then I noticed the URL
says "unmanaged" so I guess that means it's a dumb switch. While the T
version (Netgear GS108T) for $30 more has some QoS configuration
options, especially handy if you are pushing video traffic, it doesn't
really seem to provide isolation of ports into different segments.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122381
http://www.netgear.com/service-provider/products/switches/smart-switches/GS108T-200.aspx

Netgear's product description for the GS108T says "NETGEAR ProSafe Smart
Switches are ideal for adding basic management to your unmanaged
networks or extending your managed networks." Guess that's another dumb
switch but with some QoS features.

Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of a router (forwards data packets between
networks) where you can isolate ports into different segments. Not only
were the ports in different segments but I could also define which
intranet hosts could connect to which others. That way, I could also
isolate my own networks from those of my family; i.e., they could reach
my hosts.

 

[VanguardLH]

It seems a little high to me. I have a StarTech switch that I paid
about $27.00(US) for.

You mean like this $27 Startech model?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833114038

That has just 4+1 ports (one is the uplink port).The Netgear has 8 ports
- twice as many - plus all ports are auto-link sense. You don't have to
concern yourself which port to use when you chain this with another
switch.

The Netgear model has a metal chassis (to help with heat dissipation and
EMF reduction). The Startech is just the common low-end consumer-grade
non-thermally conductive plastic case.

The Startech does NOT have automatic power-down mode for idle ports
available in the Netgear model.

The Startech is only a Fast Ethernet switch; i.e., it support 10/100
Mbps bandwidth. The Netgear is a Gigabit Ethernet switch so it supports
10/100/1000 Mbps. The Netgear is 10x faster. That doesn't matter for
Internet access since most users have no where near 100 Mbps from their
ISP. It is highly unlikely a *switch* would be handling the upstream
traffic of a router; however, speed does matter when transferring large
files around to your intranet hosts or sending large print jobs to a
network or shared printer.

The Startech has a limited 1-year warranty. The Netgear has a
*lifetime* warranty.

 

[SC Tom]

Does the above Netgear GS108 have any configurability, like letting you
configure the ports into different segments to isolate heavy traffic
from one segment from flooding the other segment? For example, some
ports may be used by an alpha/test lab that generates high volumes of
test traffic that should not flood into the corporate or backbone
network. It claims to be a business-class switch yet I don't see any
configuration options for it listed in its specs.

http://www.netgear.com/service-provider/products/switches/unmanaged-desktop-switches/GS108.aspx#

That didn't list any configurability, either. Then I noticed the URL
says "unmanaged" so I guess that means it's a dumb switch. While the T
version (Netgear GS108T) for $30 more has some QoS configuration
options, especially handy if you are pushing video traffic, it doesn't
really seem to provide isolation of ports into different segments.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122381
http://www.netgear.com/service-provider/products/switches/smart-switches/GS108T-200.aspx

Netgear's product description for the GS108T says "NETGEAR ProSafe Smart
Switches are ideal for adding basic management to your unmanaged
networks or extending your managed networks." Guess that's another dumb
switch but with some QoS features.

Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of a router (forwards data packets between
networks) where you can isolate ports into different segments. Not only
were the ports in different segments but I could also define which
intranet hosts could connect to which others. That way, I could also
isolate my own networks from those of my family; i.e., they could reach
my hosts.

The ones I had were unmanaged switches (FS108); we had a separate router
connected to the server that allowed access to the outside world (internet
and our main office in Ohio). These were used strictly for intranet
connections to our local server.

As more departments were added and the staff grew, we ended up changing
these out with 3 Cisco 24-port managed GB switches. The FS108's were still
used out on the shop floor, one connecting the CNC machines to the program
server, and the other being used by the sparkies to program the machines we
built and sold. We more than got our money's worth out of those two
switches.