> -----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. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003
