Home network - which switch

[Moscow Mule]

Get one of these puppies:

http://www.hardware.com/product.asp?...nid=1-47513371

A snip at £23 k

A tad overspecced perhaps?

Also, we'd need to employ you to manage our house.

[snaw]

Get one of these puppies:

http://www.hardware.com/product.asp?...nid=1-47513371

A snip at £23 k

[bellymonster]

My stance is that Netgear have been making fairly good kit for many years, wheras Belkin up until 5 years ago were famous for making electrical cables not networking stuff.

[VectraMan]

Yup, I've even got their powerline stuff as I couldn't countenance wifi for xbox live.

Me too: WiFi pushed me over the edge one day, so now I have a powerline link from my ADSL router downstairs to the office upstairs and good old wired ethernet in the office. I still have WiFi for if I want to sit in front of the TV with a laptop, but for anything important I'll stick with wires.

[kirk]

I've got a DLINK Green something or other that I use for data and iSCSI, works a dream and if I remember correctly cost me < £35

[basshead]

Another vote for Netgear, I have a GS116 squirrelled away in the loft.

[Addanc]

You need min cat5e for gigabit operation; I'd go for the best spec i.e. cat6.

[Moscow Mule]

I've got an increasing amount of Netgear stuff.

Over-specifying your home network is a definite sign of uber-geekdom.

Yup, I've even got their powerline stuff as I couldn't countenance wifi for xbox live.

[gadgetman]

Another vote for Netgear here.

[VectraMan]

I've got an increasing amount of Netgear stuff.

Over-specifying your home network is a definite sign of uber-geekdom.

[portseven]

Don't go for a Cisco, I had one, and while they are great for client sites, they are noisy buggers and so crap for home office.

I like Netgears, good solid stuff.

[Spacecadet]

I've got a netgear switch in the office

Works fine and dandy

[Moscow Mule]

... Netgear GS608 ...

Carries the backbone of data in my home office.

[voodooflux]

I have the Netgear GS608 and an SMC (model escapes me) switch. I believe the Netgear supports Jumbo Frames which might be handy if your NICs also support that. I've certainly had no problems with mine.

CAT5e (but not CAT5) will also do the trick, and may work out a bit cheaper than CAT6.

[birdy-numnum]

I'm in the process of setting up a home network using Cat6 cabling rather than wireless.

I'm considering an 8 port gigabit router. Can't see much difference between the Belkin and Netgear models.

Does anyone own one of these and if so, any issues?