Good for what it is, not everyone really needs gigabit speeds and for £6.49 who gives a fig if you have to replace it when you do decide to go gigglebit.

Totally right on both counts!

200Mbps refers to the full duplex of a 100Mbps port (100 upload + 100 download simultaneously ).

The backplane is stated as 1Gbps :
http://static.tp-link.com/res/down/doc/TL-SF1005D_V12_Datasheet.pdf

At the end of the day it's a cheap £6.49 switch !

While that is the case for most enterprise switches, it's not a given and its often not the case for cheap home network switches. This model describes a maximum bandwidth of 200mbps which is what I would expect given the price.

Looks like Amazon have price matched! link here rather than new post OP deserves all credit.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-TL-SF1005D-5-Port-Unmanaged-Desktop/dp/B000FNFSPY/

I'm not sure why you think that is a justification for giving wrong info out...:confused:

Heat for the deal - not everything needs gigabit.

Heat Added, Very Cheap for what it is. Suits the needs of many, maybe not the few. I stream using Steam Links and XBOX so i would go for a gigabit connection just for added speed security but shy of doing something like that or having top package virginmedia this would do the job.

Like I said before this is HotUKdeals...

That isn't how they work. Each port will support 100Mb up and down simultaneously across all 5 ports. It has a backplane bandwidth of 1Gb.

4 ports...

Heat for the deal, for what it is I wouldn't want to pay any more than that.

FWIW and I know this is HotUKdeals - 100Mbps network has a theoretical throughput of 12.5MB/s, divide that by 4 and you get 3.125MB/s, most streaming services need around 3Mbps, so this will just do, you might experience glitching if all 4 ports are streaming (contention on the 5th port). Of course it all depends on your application, if you have the Virgin Media 200Mbps service obviously this isn't the best choice...

Noob question:
What does this do? "/

Agreed someone forgot there are 8 bits in a byte....

I use this for the TV and all of the devices there to connect to the single ethernet cable which runs to the router. Our internet is only 80mb anyway and it works just fine connecting Sky Q to the other boxes around the house. Works far better with that than WiFi has ever done.

I'm not sure I follow you, a deal still has to be fit for purpose. Your breakdown, with the corrected numbers is important and relevant to this being a good deal or not. A 10Mbps switch for 65p would not be a good deal (these days).

Yeah, like I said, this is HotUKdeals....

Yeah, like I said, this is HotUKdeals....

Buy cheap buy twice.

I would really like some advice I have two kodi boxes in different rooms in another country and when I use the one in the bedroom it keeps buffering, what do I need I use to get the signal to it please

Fine for OPs intended purpose.

3.125MB/s = 25Mbps just saying :smile:

Does this improve signal and speeds?

Surely you can see it's 6 quid????

But tomorrow, faster will be £6.49, lower power, and just better. Buy cheap, buy cheap.

Not much of a bargain when the Gigabit version is only £12, and less when there is a sale on.

Is this really necessary in the house since you can share on a wifi bridge?? For an office maybe.

For home networking, this is totally sufficient. Very few people move actual large files about regularly enough to warrant *needing* gb speeds.
For TV, even 4k, 100mb is enough.

And remember kids, bandwidth doesn't equal ping...

Good for what it is, not everyone really needs gigabit speeds and for £6.49 who gives a fig if you have to replace it when you do decide to go gigglebit.

??? well that one you posted is too slow, this is a better deal.

All depends on your network needs.

Too slow only 100Mbps

IMHO this is a better deal