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brad.wright

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#90687 27-Sep-2011 20:43
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Hi All,

My home network consists of a Netgear modem/router and switch equipment (All Gigabit).

I need another switch and was looking at the Netgear ProSafe GS108 or ProSafe GS108E (I have a few GS105 / GS108’s already - seem ok although not all reviews are favourable).

The ProSafe GS108E is new, has power saving features and limited monitoring.

I have come across the LevelOne GSW-0807 which is quite a bit cheaper, does anyone have experience or opinions? I have heard of the brand but that's about it.

Thank you.

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sbiddle
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  #526465 27-Sep-2011 20:49
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They are a great little cheap as chips Gigabit switch.




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  #526486 27-Sep-2011 21:28
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It's a completely "dumb" switch, no monitoring or anything. Upside of that is there's basically nothing that can go wrong.

And if something does, it'll be me on the other end of the support email/call :-P

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  #526492 27-Sep-2011 21:35
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Thanks sbiddle, theED anything better I should be looking at then in the range? Or are all "dumb" switches much the same.



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  #526499 27-Sep-2011 21:53
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I have a managed 48 port LevelOne switch and its OK. It had trouble when a gigabit port was set to 100mbps full duplex and the web management interface only works in IE/Firefox but other than that its fine.




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  #526508 27-Sep-2011 22:03
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brad.wright: Thanks sbiddle, theED anything better I should be looking at then in the range? Or are all "dumb" switches much the same.


Dumb switches are all pretty much the same :)

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