[plug] skylink net 1008 switch

[Craig Foster]

The more important question is what do you use it for?

If it's gaming, switches are better than hubs and that's about it :)
Just make sure you get warranty docs with it... (As you would with
anything technical...)

If you're needing more, the usual Q for switches is backbone bandwidth..
eg cheapies have only 1.2Gb/s meaning 12 simultaneous full bandwidth
transfers @ 100BaseT, whereas expensive ones (like Intel) have 2.1Gb/s,
meaning every port on a 16port can be used at full speed without affecting
others. (Roughly - for brevity)

<dream_sequence>mmmm Intel Matrix Backbone Intelligent Gigabit
Switches.</dream_sequence>

Regards,

Craig Foster.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: stephen shah [mailto:shahmann at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2002 1:15 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] skylink net 1008 switch
>
> hello thier,
>
> has anybody heard/used or is using a skylink net 1008 switch.
> just wondering whether they r ok. IT only for my network at home so
> they wont be used as the corporate lan solution :)))
> but would like to know if they pump the bandwidth anywhere
> near the spec's
> of good switch.
>
> thanks
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