House is fully wired for CAT 5, with 72 outlets around the house. With so many devices having an Ethernet connection these days (consoles, TVs, Blu-ray players, multiple computers/laptops, R.Pi's, NAS boxes, homeservers, printers etc) you can easily fill a switch.
Bear in mind, wi-fi is not always suitable or the best option.
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neal
20 Dec 161#1
colourpie to neal
21 Dec 16#25
These also come with rack mount ears in case anyone is wondering.
Sambat
20 Dec 16#2
I had one of these. One of the cooling fans failed so returned it. Bought a d-link and that's been perfect since installation.
99rb to Sambat
20 Dec 1621#3
no you didn't!
it's fanless
colourpie to Sambat
20 Dec 16#4
Yeah these don't have fans. I have used a lot of them, no failures. I think this price is pretty common though.
amuseboy to Sambat
20 Dec 161#11
:sunglasses: probably works for Dstink.
quidstretchy to Sambat
21 Dec 16#22
TH3R4POR
20 Dec 162#5
lol :smile:
taras
20 Dec 16#6
not bad for a 24port gig e switch :smile:
adrianjowitt
20 Dec 161#7
Just wondering why the average person would need one ?? (and yes I work in IT lol)
Bikertov to adrianjowitt
20 Dec 164#8
I have a 24 port gigabit smart switch at home.
House is fully wired for CAT 5, with 72 outlets around the house. With so many devices having an Ethernet connection these days (consoles, TVs, Blu-ray players, multiple computers/laptops, R.Pi's, NAS boxes, homeservers, printers etc) you can easily fill a switch.
Bear in mind, wi-fi is not always suitable or the best option.
BigYoSpeck to adrianjowitt
20 Dec 16#13
They don't, but some people aren't average :smiley:
montana78 to adrianjowitt
21 Dec 162#17
I have a big old victorian house with all solid walls, before family moved in i fitted an 8 port switch and ran 4 cables to the lounge, 3 for man cave, 2 to bedroom, I'm kicking myself now for not installing a 24 port as all laminates are now installed and dont want to take them off again. hardwired connection is so much better than wireless with dropping signal.. especially for gaming and hd movie watching.
shamhaque to adrianjowitt
22 Dec 16#29
I'm with you on this one
CampGareth
20 Dec 16#9
unmanaged at this price?
quidstretchy to CampGareth
21 Dec 161#21
Make a statement or ask a question.
mogsog
20 Dec 16#10
Yep, it's the way to go especially in an area with huge amounts of wireless traffic where you can't get decent speeds past the room where the wireless router / AP is on any channel. 25 APS visible from where I am right now, my 24 port cisco with fan consumes 10 to 15w idling so I imagine this netgear is even less.
BagABargain78
20 Dec 162#12
liar liar pants on fire... busted! LoL.
LeeJS
21 Dec 16#14
Cheaper than the 24 port one! Nearly bought one until I remembered I bought two 8s for just over a tenner each. If a 16 ever turns up for 20ish quid I'm in. Until then this is as good as it gets. Hot.
amelia4321
21 Dec 16#15
in for 1. thank you.
Splodger101
21 Dec 16#16
same..
adv
21 Dec 16#18
Pretty solid deal, anybody who is gaming remotely competitively or streams over their home network should avoid wireless at all costs
chtyrone2
21 Dec 16#19
Just refurbed our old 1930s house and cabled it for various things including network.
I think every new house should be fully wired for networks. Can't understand why you would buy one that wasn't. Especially with regard to speed and security.
mldaw
21 Dec 16#20
Its a shame it's unmanaged. I currently have a GS724T in my home server room but I require some additional ports.
KhanTic
21 Dec 161#23
Thanks OP! Renovating a house and needed a 20+ port switch to replace a really noisy 100Mb/s temporary switch.
jouster
21 Dec 16#24
Yes I've also got a fully wired one so I have a pro version of this (lifetime warranty) next to my main patch panel and do you growing needs I have a 24 port one in my av cupboard now too mounted on my AV rack
friar_chris
21 Dec 16#26
There is a question mark......but.....it reads like a poorly constructed statment. Maybe the first word(s) which contained the capital letter got lost on the way. Hopefully not caused by this switch jumbling up where the data packets were being sent.
BeerGoggles
21 Dec 16#27
I had the same situation after renovating the house so I installed one of those plug connectors that uses internal electricity cables to transmit data around the house. I can stream movies over Netflix using them but I'm not sure what would happen if I tried to have multiple devices connected to say 6 plugs, but it does offer a solution.
montana78
22 Dec 16#28
I had the plugs but they heat up alot and dont offer full speed as giggabit does. I actually have a powerline with wifi built in. Havnt used that yet.
montana78
24 Dec 16#30
For hd contents and gaming and to avoid wifi blackspots
kennethsross
26 Dec 16#31
Anyone got a time machine I can borrow? Just went to order and it £79 :disappointed:
buddn07
15 Feb 17#32
Would this be suitable for a small B&B? Renovating and putting Cat5 throughout.
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it's fanless
House is fully wired for CAT 5, with 72 outlets around the house. With so many devices having an Ethernet connection these days (consoles, TVs, Blu-ray players, multiple computers/laptops, R.Pi's, NAS boxes, homeservers, printers etc) you can easily fill a switch.
Bear in mind, wi-fi is not always suitable or the best option.
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it's fanless
House is fully wired for CAT 5, with 72 outlets around the house. With so many devices having an Ethernet connection these days (consoles, TVs, Blu-ray players, multiple computers/laptops, R.Pi's, NAS boxes, homeservers, printers etc) you can easily fill a switch.
Bear in mind, wi-fi is not always suitable or the best option.
I think every new house should be fully wired for networks. Can't understand why you would buy one that wasn't. Especially with regard to speed and security.