[geeks] Cheap 8 port Gigabit switch...

[Joshua D. Boyd]

On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 21:45 -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Supports Jumbo frames, and is under $25 (shipped, after rebate):
> 
> Newegg.com listing:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156211&Tpk=TEG-
> S8&CMP=AFC-Hotdealsclub&ATT=33-156-211
> 
> Mfg. web page:
> http://www.trendnet.com/products/TEG-S8.htm
> 
> Of course, for less than $25 (shipped), it isn't managed...

Has anyone also tried the TEG-S80TXE model in addition to the TEG-S8?
The price difference is about $10.  The latter (which Lionel mentioned)
does jumbo frames, but it only has 8k per device buffers, while the
former doesn't do jumbo frames, but has 128k per device buffers.

>From reading reviews, it sounds like the larger buffer is a very good
thing when going from gigabit to fast Ethernet speeds.  And since
neither support VLANs, you wouldn't be able to mix fast Ethernet and
jumbo frames anyway.