On 2004-03-02T19:15:42-0800, Nano Nano wrote: > Was going to refer you to the $99 Netgear gigabit 5-port switch at Frys > (outpost.com), until I saw the $1395 Netgear "Managed gigabit" 12-port > switch. I recently got a Compex GSC2008WM for a lot less. It is a managed 8 port 10/100/1000 switch. > I have a neighbor who is very knowledable, so I know "it can be worth > it" -- but can you succinctly explain why? Tag and port based vlan support was the reason why I bought the above. It allows me to run a dual-homed firewall on a single phyiscal gigabit interface. It has other features which I do not care about like trunking (aggregating bandwith using multiple ports) and mirroring of ports (snooping) /Allan -- Allan Wind P.O. Box 2022 Woburn, MA 01888-0022 USA
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