[geeks] Seems like low-cost Cisco 10/100 switches are available

[Lionel Peterson]

Depends[0] - with a mix of new and old PCs or Macs in desktop usage,  
sure - but start throwing 500 Meg ISOs and multi-gigabyte media files  
and the commercial gear can make a difference. Of course commercial- 
grade GigE switces are always preferred ;^)

Lionel

On Apr 28, 2008, at 6:26 AM, Jonathan Groll <lists at groll.co.za> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:31:59AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> I'm not too tuned into the used equipment market, but I just  
>> noticed that surpluscomputers.com has 24 port refurbished Cisco  
>> switches (2924XL) for $65/each. That seems to be a good deal for  
>> someone looking to upgrade their home infrastructure from commodity  
>> hardware to enterprise hardware.
>>
>
> This is something I'm trying to understand - in the home environment
> surely there would be greater benefit from buying a gigabit commodity
> switch rather than a 'good' 100M managed switched, especially if your
> home LAN is of a simple structure with just a single good-enough
> switch. Since I've never owned enterprise-grade switches, please feel
> free to educate ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
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