Re: On the longevity of SOHO switches

[Shay Telfer]

Greetings all, I just wondered if anyone with some longish term
experience with SOHO networks could comment on the pros and cons of
cheap SOHO switches. About 4 years I set up my home network using a
"brand name" 4-port switch, and an 8-port "budget" switch. The budget
switch lasted about 15 months, and its replacement (another budget
model) has just died. The 4-port is still going fine. Am I just
unlucky, or are these "budget" priced switches really only designed
to last until they are just out of warranty?
Cheers


Without mentioning which brand name you're talking about, it's hard 
to say. And do you mean hub, or switch?


My 8 port NetGear (now Bay, I believe) 10MBit hub has served me quite 
happily for the past 4 or so years. It's got a nice metal box, rather 
than a plastic one, so it even feels sturdy.


Have fun,
Shay
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RE: On the longevity of SOHO switches

[Katinka Mills]

> -Original Message-
> From: Robert Loss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2003 2:40 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: On the longevity of SOHO switches
>
>
> Greetings all, I just wondered if anyone with some longish term
> experience with SOHO networks could comment on the pros and cons of
> cheap SOHO switches. About 4 years I set up my home network using a
> "brand name" 4-port switch, and an 8-port "budget" switch. The budget
> switch lasted about 15 months, and its replacement (another budget
> model) has just died. The 4-port is still going fine. Am I just
> unlucky, or are these "budget" priced switches really only designed
> to last until they are just out of warranty?
> Cheers

>
Depends on the brand.

For cheap non critical stuff (like student networks at schools) I use D-Link
Switches as they are cheap and do a great job. For Core equipment (like the
admin network and one PC in the class room for the teacher to do their
reports and roll on) I use either 3 com or Cisco. I prefer 3 com for easy of
programming (and the fact I can whip my connection when I am done and not
need to save the data to a special part of ram which I forget occasionally
on Cisco and the next power outage they need to be reprogrammed.

Here at home I have 2 Kingmax switches, one seems to have lost a port in a
recent lightening strike but other than that they perform well, they are
only 9 months old, but time will tell (and I am still to loose a port on any
3 com or Cisco at the local school (must be my great cabling ;o))

Regards,

Kat.

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