Cheap for a no fuss branded 5 port switch. Okay so it's not gigabit but probably okay for using with Powerline behind tv/sky/media centre etc rather than relying on a poor wifi signal
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Magnets
3 Jun 164#7
It's only £10 for gigabit
NETGEAR GS205
Also if these are old stock, they will come with a large power brick which is 7.5w, the GS205 is only 3.5w, it'll pay for itself in under 2 years
Moving data maybe depends on the source/destination Speed, streaming not likely unless you are streaming raw HD/4K footage even most streaming services 4K streams are under 30Mbit/s, Even Blu-ray is around 50Mbit/s (Or so Wikipedia claims) so unless you are putting it on the end of a busy media server serving multiple concurrent streams it's unlikely to be the bottleneck for streaming.
So yeh don't get it for your Nas, but if it's just for your TV STB/Xbox.etc it will probably be fine.
thinkiwillhaveit
4 Jun 16#14
This deal has gone hot on an old 10/100 switch, crazy most folk broadband connection is faster than this switch, moving data or streaming is going to be slooow
kotr
4 Jun 16#13
Pay the extra few quid and get a gig switch. This is a waste of money and is legacy. Who in their right mind buys 10/100 switches nowadays
lilbeastie
4 Jun 16#12
This won't bottleneck anything but the fastest fttp internet connections or pc to pc file transfers - it won't hurt 99% of internet connections and is fine for streaming video etc. Gigabit may be faster but most people will never notice the difference if this is behind your TV or something.
That said this is still pretty pointless- who doesn't have an old router with 4 fast Ethernet ports on it that you could use instead for free? Just turn off DHCP and you're sorted- and if it's a wireless router you get a free boost to your WiFi signal too.
Awaken
4 Jun 16#11
Meh. Might as well try your luck at a car boot sale and blow the dust off something for £1 instead?
Can't say I'd pay a fiver for 100mbit with gigabit switches from around £9, even if it was throttled by a homeplug - where you plonk something when you buy it isn't necessarily where it ends up a year or two later!
SmokeBomb
4 Jun 16#10
Your text here
matth5182
3 Jun 16#9
i got this and the stutter was terrible, ended up returning and getting gigabit version
friar_chris
3 Jun 161#8
Not gigabit.......so below par. Especially if you have fibre.
Also this has been £5 for a month or more. Decent unit, just that it's become rather tepid as a deal.
Magnets
3 Jun 164#7
It's only £10 for gigabit
NETGEAR GS205
Also if these are old stock, they will come with a large power brick which is 7.5w, the GS205 is only 3.5w, it'll pay for itself in under 2 years
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NETGEAR GS205
Also if these are old stock, they will come with a large power brick which is 7.5w, the GS205 is only 3.5w, it'll pay for itself in under 2 years
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/159
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So yeh don't get it for your Nas, but if it's just for your TV STB/Xbox.etc it will probably be fine.
That said this is still pretty pointless- who doesn't have an old router with 4 fast Ethernet ports on it that you could use instead for free? Just turn off DHCP and you're sorted- and if it's a wireless router you get a free boost to your WiFi signal too.
Can't say I'd pay a fiver for 100mbit with gigabit switches from around £9, even if it was throttled by a homeplug - where you plonk something when you buy it isn't necessarily where it ends up a year or two later!
Also this has been £5 for a month or more. Decent unit, just that it's become rather tepid as a deal.
NETGEAR GS205
Also if these are old stock, they will come with a large power brick which is 7.5w, the GS205 is only 3.5w, it'll pay for itself in under 2 years
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/159