<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/11/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Isaac Levy</b> <<a href="mailto:ike@lesmuug.org">ike@lesmuug.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Word, Iraq?! Wow,<br><br>On Oct 11, 2007, at 5:33 PM, Jonathan Stewart wrote:<br><br>> I'm looking at buying 4 or 5 8-16 port unmanaged switches for<br>> setting up<br>> shared satellite internet access in Iraq and I was wondering if people
<br>> had any preferred brands.<br><br>I've deployed TONS of the little Netgear swtitches, in various sizes<br>and in very different networks, and they've all been insanely great-<br>(e.g. I don't think about them, they just work...)
<br><br>All the current GigE switches do jumbo frames, so this is a non-issue...<br><br>> The switches themselves will be in air<br>> conditioned living areas so heat should not be a problem. There is<br>> 110<br>
> and 220 available but dual power capable is still preferred.<br><br>Hrm... Wall-warts for the small ones seem to only do 110, but you<br>could perhaps buy comparable 220 wall -warts that output the same, at<br>a cheap price? (Radio Shack or Mouser Electronics?)
<br><br>><br>> I'll be honest, my main concern is price but I do still want something<br>> reasonably reliable with a decent warranty if possible. The desktop 8<br>> port switches actually seem to have the best price per port and I am
<br>> leaning towards more smaller switches to save on cable run lengths.<br>><br>> I just saw this [1] on Newegg, 24 port managed switch but open box for<br>> $206. Anyone ever do open box from Newegg, is this something worth
<br>> buying?<br><br>Did a open-box once from Newegg on a wireless access point, it was no<br>big deal... but I guess it depends on the stuff...<br><br>> Browsing some more they seem to have quite a few open box high
<br>> port count switches, here is the search link I was using [2]<br>><br>> Thank you,<br>> Jonathan Stewart<br>><br>> [1] <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817111491R">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817111491R
</a><br>> [2] <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3a68e8">http://tinyurl.com/3a68e8</a><br><br>Good luck-<br><br>Best,<br>.ike<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>talk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:talk@lists.nycbug.org">
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817201105&Tpk=EF4116</a><br><br>I have deployed allot of these switches in small offices .<br>Most with voip , data , and a streaming music / video habit .<br>It has hard coded broadcast thresholds and Data Flow Control Filters .
<br>Nice features for an unmanaged switch .<br>Also , with that price , it is a slam dunk .<br><br>Tim ..<br><br><br> <br><br>