Re: [SLUG] hubs, switches etc

2001-01-11 Thread Dean Hamstead
As far as im awair netgear dont stock any managed switches. Their market is SOHO stuff. BONG lans run off netgear (hence some bias) switches 85 people + 7 servers, all 10/100 fd ran sweet as as youd expect, lots of file transfer, gaming needs low latency and pings are the same as a cross over

Re: [SLUG] hubs, switches etc

2001-01-11 Thread Jon Biddell
I had a look on their site. Everything is HTML or PDF based, its very clearly laid out and they have enough other info How do netgear perform in a medium sized business? They work well - the cheaper 4/5 port hubs have a tendency to loose ports occasionally, but we use their small 8 port

RE: [SLUG] hubs, switches etc

2001-01-11 Thread Marty Richards
D-Links prices are also very similar and i havent heard of any grief with their switches (their NIC's are another story). Infact i havent really found a switch that was bad. Most are better than a hub Yup, Netgear switches are better than a kick in the head. I haven't used D-Link since

DLink NICs (was Re: [SLUG] hubs, switches etc)

2001-01-11 Thread Marty
D-Links prices are also very similar and i havent heard of any grief with their switches (their NIC's are another story). just my 2 cents but... you get what you pay for. the low price DLink NICs are not that flash, but if you need the quality you need to spend at least $35-50 on a NIC. i

[SLUG] hubs, switches etc

2001-01-10 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
All, I am in for two new (switches or hubs), 1x8 and 1x16. Is there a good FAQ based site for the comparison between switch versus hub? I know the differences in terms (segments, full duplex etc) but I want to have some nice info so I can make up my mind. Are there any good sites regarding

Re: [SLUG] hubs, switches etc

2001-01-10 Thread DaZZa
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: Is there a good FAQ based site for the comparison between switch versus hub? I know the differences in terms (segments, full duplex etc) but I want to have some nice info so I can make up my mind. Switches are better. They reduce the collision

RE: [SLUG] hubs, switches etc

2001-01-10 Thread David Kempe
How do netgear perform in a medium sized business? This is very off topic, but yer. Netgear perform very nicely in medium sized businesses. I wouldn't recommened them for advanced featues like fibre, VLANs, extra special layer3 features etc, but for straight forward switches which you sound