B.Ob. Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Switch info Anyone have any experience with Asante? The price is kinda enticing if I can expect it to be as good as my SMC switch.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParoxysM Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I've never used one nor know of anyone that has. There are enough good weekly deals on major brands that I would not risk it. Im not sure how big you want to go - 16-port. A gigabit switch would be sweet if we all had gigabit NICs or at least the servers did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted October 29, 2003 Author Share Posted October 29, 2003 We've already got 3 machines in house here that have a giga-bit nic (mine, the game server and the new unix box), but I've spent all I'm going to for sometime. Everything has to goto the "Getting Married Fund" ! Like PurSuiTs, my game server is always hooked up to the giga-bit uplink on our SMC switches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParoxysM Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Im still paying off my wedding loan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 I'm afraid that unless U happen to be VERY wealthy, the "Getting Married" fund simply will never have enough in it. However, I'm sure that U'll make due w/ what U can. -- Nem p.s. -- I'm ALWAYS open to donations for the "Help Nemesis afford his Wife Fund". She can be downright expensive @ times!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Was looking at possibly getting this one... http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?...efer=pr1c3watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 Was looking at possibly getting this one... http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?...efer=pr1c3watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted November 11, 2003 Author Share Posted November 11, 2003 Was looking at possibly getting this one... http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?...efer=pr1c3watch WoW $118.99 for an 8-port full giga-bit switch, that sure is tempting!! Heck, thats cheaper than our SMC that has just one giga-bit port (out of 9). Although I don't see the switch-fabric (aggregate bandwidth) listed anywhere, as I recall, ours is 3.6gb, which would maintain full speed over all the ports at the same time. Hmmm, you pick that up and I'll pick up a 16-port after Mary and I get married.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wargasm Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Is it an off brand? I havent heard of Asante before, but we all know SMC.That may explain the price. I'd be leary unless I talked to someone who had one for a while and is happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 The link PurSuit references above is a Trendware/Trendnet 8 Port 10/100/1000Mbps Copper Gigabit Switch Model TEG-S80TXE Retail, which I've seen the company around for a while (year +). But obviously, we are a little anxious about the quality of the product. Interestingly, it is cosmetically the same as the Asante, so they are probably both made by the same manufacturer. Interestingly, Trendware next model up, TEG-S80TXD, has twice as much memory per port (256KB packet buffer per device), and twice as much mac entries per port (Up to 8K unicast addresses entities per device), yet still doesn't mention the switch fabric speed.... Hmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 I was looking at price alone... tempting... might show up at the next LAN with it... Need a new wind shield on my car first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wargasm Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 How does the price compare to a more popular brand? Like the same thing by D-link or Linksys? Is it half? less?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted November 16, 2003 Author Share Posted November 16, 2003 How does the price compare to a more popular brand? Like the same thing by D-link or Linksys? Is it half? less?? Well, the 5-port all giga-bit switch from Linksys you'll find it at the same place here for $122.00. And the 8-port version here for $159.99, although the 8-port is out of stock currently. Compare that at $118.99 for the 8-port from Trendware and things start to look VERY interesting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Dlink DGS-1005D 5-PORT GIGABIT SWITCH DESKTOP - RETAIL The more I look at these switch the more differences I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted November 24, 2003 Author Share Posted November 24, 2003 Dlink DGS-1005D 5-PORT GIGABIT SWITCH DESKTOP - RETAIL The more I look at these switch the more differences I see. The 5-year warranty is NICE!!! The electrical plug is not ideal, but who cares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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