[Fwd: Re: Can there be an Ethernet Switch that doesn't work with Linux???]

[Nadav Har'El]

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010, shimi wrote about "Re: [Fwd: Re: Can there be an Ethernet Switch that doesn't work with Linux???]":
> I personally take "TP-Link" and "Edimax" at about the same grade...

Thanks, good to know... It appears that every 3 years when I go "shopping"
for computer parts, half these companies have come and gone, and I no longer
know which one has which reputation... My 10 year-old-hub that I mentioned was
from Intel, and it still works.

> b.t.w. you mentioned you wanted 1Gbps. The model you specified is 10/100.
> For 1Gbps, I suggest this D-Link model :
> 
> http://www.zap.co.il/model.aspx?modelid=490633
> 
> One of its benefits is that it is a "green" model, i.e. it consumes less
> electricity (the higher your bandwidth, the more wattage they take, even
> when idling...) - so there's ROI here.

You are right, this sounds like it's exactly what I want, and 230 shekels
is actually less than what I thought of spending (heck, I spent 600 shekels
on the so-called "router" (I hate this term!) just to get a 1 Gbps one).

Unless somebody jumps with "but hey, D-Link is even worse than Edimax!"
war-stories, it looks like I'll go ahead and buy this one, and hope it works
(if it doesn't, at least I'll have a brick 10 times faster than I have now ;-)).

Thanks,
Nadav.

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