RE: 24 Port RM Gigabit Switches

[craig <craigc.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Anyone using similar or have any comments on the unbranded stuff ?

I don't know you exact setup, but I would go for branded unmanaged, eg
GS116, unless you need to setup VLANs etc. The netgear have lifetime
warranty, may be useful after a thunder/lightning storm ;)

Plug all the gigabit devices in the new switch, keep the old 10/100 for the
non gigabit devices, eg printers, access point(s), etc

>
> Also - with CAT5 (not CAT5E) will I get speeds something between 100
> and
> 1000 or is it an all or nothing process?
>

If its terminated correctly, and installed to a reasonable spec it should
negotiate at 1000Mb, however I doubt you will actually see a throughput of
1000Mb on devices, due to other hardware constrains, eg PCI bus, disk
speed,
etc



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