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Switch or Hub for home use?


  • Subject: Switch or Hub for home use?
  • From: "andy_walkuk" <andy_walkuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 06:43:00 -0000

With all this CAT5 I'm putting into the house I really could do with
connecting it to a big hub/switch in the loft.

Any recommendations for a 24 port low power hub/switch?

Is a switch necessary for general home use?  I can't see a hub being a
problem for general music/video streaming.

There are some 3com SuperStack II 3300s going cheap on ebay (maybe a
little over the top for what I require, 100M Optics etc.) but they
have fans and are quite noisy. Or should I be looking for one with a
fan if it is to go into the loft?

I think they comsume about 100W which scared me a little with all the
recent talk about what our PC's are taking.  Who makes the most power
efficient hubs, cisco, 3com, belkin or netgear?









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