Difference between 10/100mbps switch and 10/100/1000

sparkiemalarkie

Hi, I'm still looking to buy an unmanaged Ethernet switch and trying to decide which one.


NETGEAR GS208-100UKS 8 Port Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps Switch
or
TP-LINK TL-SF1008D 8-Port 10/100Mbps Unmanaged Desktop Switch

what's the difference please?
thanks


sparkie

Fightsback

sparkiemalarkie wrote: »

Hi, I'm still looking to buy an unmanaged Ethernet switch and trying to decide which one.


NETGEAR GS208-100UKS 8 Port Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Mbps Switch
or
TP-LINK TL-SF1008D 8-Port 10/100Mbps Unmanaged Desktop Switch

what's the difference please?
thanks


sparkie

The top one supports Gigabit Ethernet while the bottom one doesn't, Gigabit Ethernet is 10x the speed support of 100Mbps. Get the top one.

sparkiemalarkie

Fightsback wrote: »

The top one supports Gigabit Ethernet while the bottom one doesn't, Gigabit Ethernet is 10x the speed support of 100Mbps. Get the top one.

Thanks


sparkie

Nilrem

Fightsback wrote: »

The top one supports Gigabit Ethernet while the bottom one doesn't, Gigabit Ethernet is 10x the speed support of 100Mbps. Get the top one.

Definitely, especially as you can get an 8 port gigabit switch for under £20 now.

A very far cry from my first 10mbit hub that cost £50, or my first 10/100 switch that cost over £100.

I've got One of these on my network now and it's worked a treat for the last year and a half.
It's also not much more expensive (about £5) more than a 5 port one and in my experience it's always better to get more ports than you think you'll need if the price is low enough (I'm now up to an 8 port in my bedroom, a 4 port router, and another 8 port in the living room).

sparkiemalarkie

Nilrem wrote: »

Definitely, especially as you can get an 8 port gigabit switch for under £20 now.

A very far cry from my first 10mbit hub that cost £50, or my first 10/100 switch that cost over £100.

I've got One of these on my network now and it's worked a treat for the last year and a half.
It's also not much more expensive (about £5) more than a 5 port one and in my experience it's always better to get more ports than you think you'll need if the price is low enough (I'm now up to an 8 port in my bedroom, a 4 port router, and another 8 port in the living room).

Thanks for taking the time to reply.


Why is the metal one better/ more expensive?

They had the switches on Amazon for about £12 just before Black Friday but missed my opportunity to get one. I've been waiting for the price to drop down again but it's refusing to!


sparkie

cookie365

I have this one and it's worked flawlessly for the last 2 years
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-SG1008D-Unmanaged-Gigabit-Desktop/dp/B000N9B688/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1449438735&sr=8-8&keywords=tp+link+switch

And the 5 port version of the same switch worked flawlessly for a couple of years before, until I ran out of ports

It looks like there's a newer cheaper better looking version of it too.

kwikbreaks

sparkiemalarkie wrote: »

Why is the metal one better/ more expensive?

Metal cases are more expensive to make than a plastic moulding but offer better electrical screening.

For most people that screening probably wouldn't matter but I'd take the metal one because I use several amateur radios and ethernet can cause RF noise over a pretty wide bandwidth so the extra screening would offer me an advantage. Metal is also more robust and won't discolour over the years as a lot of white plastic does although switches are hardly things of beauty and are not often in view.

S0litaire

sparkiemalarkie wrote: »

Why is the metal one better/ more expensive?

And the fact that these switches can get warm (not HOT) during use and the metal acts as a heatsink cooling the switch down a lot better than the plastic ones.

Nilrem

Aye as has been said the metal is slightly better at cooling at it conducts the heat away better (plastic tends to be an insulator), and offers better shielding.
But the main reason I go with metal where possible is that it tends to last a bit better if you knock it, and doesn't discolour or go brittle with time/heat, and they tend to be flatter/squarer shapes so you can put things on them (allowing for airflow).

For home use the chances are plastic vs metal doesn't really matter

fred246

One is £8.01, the other £18.96 - over twice the price. Unless you are doing something strange, you'd never notice the difference. Therefore as this is a money saving forum, go for the cheaper one.

Fightsback

fred246 wrote: »

One is £8.01, the other £18.96 - over twice the price. Unless you are doing something strange, you'd never notice the difference. Therefore as this is a money saving forum, go for the cheaper one.

Or in the future when you do actually want to use Gigabit for something such as a NAS and your file transfers a flowing like treacle you find that you have just flushed £8 down the toilet as you will want a new Gigabit switch.

More pearls of wisdom from the not so knowledgeable.