On 11/23/19 8:27 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > While my old LinkSys (non-gigabit) switch worked for years it recently > died. > I'm now using a Netgear GS116 gigabit switch and I want a backup unmanaged > 16-port gigabit switch. > > I find them available from Cisco, Netgear, TrendNet, TP-Link, and D-Link. > Where reviews are provided (Newegg and Amazon) they range from 1 to 5 > stars; > the lower rankings seem to be due to poor customer support when a switch > (or > some ports) fail. Prices also range quite broadly (not considering that > some > offer PoE or PoE+ and others don't.) > > Are any of the brands preferred, or to be avoided? >
Rich I currently have a combination of TP-Link, Netgear, D-Link 10/100/1000 switches scattered about to route data to various rooms, all bought on sale. As mentioned already on this thread, there are not a lot of differences as the tech, firmaware and chipsets are mature for unmananged devices. I can stream 4K on the Roku, while transferring gigabytes among the various boxes here, without any noticeable hick-up. I do tend to prefer metal encased versions, however, as they seem a bit more resilient to RF interference. My corporate overlord bundles unmanaged Milan/Transition switches for our laboratory equipment and I have not seen any of those fail in 10+ yrs, some of which are in fairly dirty and/or hot manufacturing environments. -Ed
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