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Gigabit Ethernet switch
- Thread starter Matt Cup
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I've got a couple of these at home, they do just fine, and the added bonus of being metal cased too.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AWM7PKO/?tag=cliospnet01-21
If the amazon link above doesn't work, its the Netgear GS308.
I'd go with the 8 port version as you'll lose 1 port with your patch cable from your router to the switch.
All you'll need is a patch cable to go from your router to the switch, then you can start using the ports on the switch.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AWM7PKO/?tag=cliospnet01-21
If the amazon link above doesn't work, its the Netgear GS308.
I'd go with the 8 port version as you'll lose 1 port with your patch cable from your router to the switch.
All you'll need is a patch cable to go from your router to the switch, then you can start using the ports on the switch.
Advikaz
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Should be okay to use a standard utp bud as it’s not switch to switch, it’s router to switch so shouldn’t need a crossover
Darren S
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Yep - even the entry level stuff these days is semi-intelligent in terms of routing and giving out IP addresses. The switch will 99.9% for sure, hand those functions over to the router anyway.
I would personally buy gigabit throughput as well these days. The small price drop alone for the lesser 100mbps kit simply makes no sense to even consider it.
Make sure you get one that has it's own power connection though - the ones that drawer their power over an Ethernet connection (PoE) can be a bit temperamental. And I doubt very much that the router you're connecting it to will provide PoE to begin with.
I would personally buy gigabit throughput as well these days. The small price drop alone for the lesser 100mbps kit simply makes no sense to even consider it.
Make sure you get one that has it's own power connection though - the ones that drawer their power over an Ethernet connection (PoE) can be a bit temperamental. And I doubt very much that the router you're connecting it to will provide PoE to begin with.
Darren S
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That should do the trick.
Just be a bit wary that the switch - while fully capable of gigabit, will unlikely to be able to cope with eight ports in heavy use concurrently. The throughput under heavy use can easily overload a basic switch.
An example from home (granted, it's a standard BT router & integrated switch) - is that watching Netflix on the TV can easily become corrupted once I start to transfer a large file from my PC to the NAS box. Typical gaming will be fine - but large amounts of data will saturate it.
High end (and expensive) switches have the processing grunt to cope with heavy use on all ports at the same time.
Just be a bit wary that the switch - while fully capable of gigabit, will unlikely to be able to cope with eight ports in heavy use concurrently. The throughput under heavy use can easily overload a basic switch.
An example from home (granted, it's a standard BT router & integrated switch) - is that watching Netflix on the TV can easily become corrupted once I start to transfer a large file from my PC to the NAS box. Typical gaming will be fine - but large amounts of data will saturate it.
High end (and expensive) switches have the processing grunt to cope with heavy use on all ports at the same time.
boultonn
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Macan S
Nice! You running an ESX farm in your living room or something??
What do you use PoE for?
Chrisgti6
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Too many
CCTV maybe? Just a guess however
Matt Cup
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Leon Cupra
I will see how I get along with my £17 switch first, seems a bit overkill for my basic needs :up:
My AP's are PoE.
400Mbit broadband coming in, NAS directly connected to switch to take advantage of full download speed. Lot's of Plex clients all over the house, 40+ devices (both wired and wifi) making use of the network.
I love the stats you get out of the unifi kit, facebook consumes a ridiculous amount of data.
Chrisgti6
ClioSport Club Member
Too many
Can't beat a bit of Plex! My server is shared with a dozen or so people so my BB takes a battering!
40 devices? How many people live in your house?!
Matt Cup
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Leon Cupra
Do you use a separate modem or is your BB supplied router capable or running the wireless devices/switches?
boultonn
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Macan S
Very nice indeed, sounds like the potential for a fair bit of maintenance haha.
You got some bulk discount from Cisco??
Plex is about 80% of network usage. love the data you can get from something like plexpy, and network stats make me want a managed switch
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There's Sonos, Nest Thermostats, TV's, Laptops, iPads, Kindles, Smoke Alarms, Access Points, Office Phone, Consoles, NAS etc.
Soon adds up. Most of the bandwidth is consumed by Plex or the NAS downloading.
Virgin "Super(Crap) Hub 3" running in modem mode. Unifi USG (previous used a mikrotik router) acting as the network gateway, separate switch, separate access points.
Never really have to touch anything, all just works tbh.
NAS is a synology DS916+ (8GB ram) which I run docker on, Plex, plexpy and a whole load of other stuff run in containers on it.
Darren S
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Nice. I think Synology will be the route I go if/when i replace my QNAP.
No complaints here. Latest version of Plex supports hardware transcoding on the CPU as well and intel just fixed a bug in the intel drivers for transcoding so the quality is now decent and doesn't push the processor at all.
ChrisR
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Keep meaning to give the Ubiquiti stuff a try, since getting our fibre connection I’ve just been using the EE provided router as the wireless performance on it has actually been really good.
Had a Draytek before and whilst some of the features were decent the wireless sucked and kept cutting out.
Fancy having a play with some better kit as want to get my little home lab setup again with some of the security tools from work (SIEM and an IPS). So want some kit that can actually output some decent logs and mirror some traffic for IPS and flow analysis.
Had a Draytek before and whilst some of the features were decent the wireless sucked and kept cutting out.
Fancy having a play with some better kit as want to get my little home lab setup again with some of the security tools from work (SIEM and an IPS). So want some kit that can actually output some decent logs and mirror some traffic for IPS and flow analysis.
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