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The netgear DGS-2208, an unmanaged 8-port gigabit switch. Good architecture, good throughput, great reviews. Might give a little bit better performance even in an all 100Mb/s network vs a 100Mb switch, although I wouldnt toss a good working setup thinking this will solve mrv splat problems or magically resolve any mrv bugs.
Its $32 after rebate, shipped from Amazon. ZipZoomFly and Newegg have it for a few bucks less, but they charge tax to some folks. Thats stupidly cheap for a very good switch. A lot of the people who are giving this 4 and 5 star reviews paid $80-100 for it not that long ago.
The five port version (dgs-2205) is also on sale at a variety of places for $22.49 after rebate.
I've got four machines that'll do gigabit, so I'll get some definite benefit.
The netgear DGS-2208, an unmanaged 8-port gigabit switch. Good architecture, good throughput, great reviews. Might give a little bit better performance even in an all 100Mb/s network vs a 100Mb switch, although I wouldnt toss a good working setup thinking this will solve mrv splat problems or magically resolve any mrv bugs.
Its $32 after rebate, shipped from Amazon. ZipZoomFly and Newegg have it for a few bucks less, but they charge tax to some folks. Thats stupidly cheap for a very good switch. A lot of the people who are giving this 4 and 5 star reviews paid $80-100 for it not that long ago.
The five port version (dgs-2205) is also on sale at a variety of places for $22.49 after rebate.
I've got four machines that'll do gigabit, so I'll get some definite benefit.
