gigabit router or switch?

[BSKueh]

any idea where to get them?

[fuddam]

ebay! nope, not being facetious. Got an awesome netgear for 25 quid, and very happy with it. Were 3 netgear on during the week I bought, plus some other makes.

all the normal retailers have them - Dabs etc - and scan's cheapest is about 40 quid, IIRC. Edimax.

[ultim8um]

Small Gb switches are not expensive anymore... 5 or 8 port versions are available from £40 to £50 + vat on Scan for example... Lots of newer routers also come with Gb switches built in now as well...

[badass]

Its a gigabit router/switch you're after

[BSKueh]

yea right gigabit lol, otherwise divide by 8

[Rabs]

I use a Netgear 834G router plugged into a Netgear 5 port gigabit switch - they look nice stood together on there stands (included with both). Been rock solid stable for 18 months + now.

Linkage:

Netgear DG834G - 54G Wireless ADSL Modem/Router

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/52244

Netgear GS605 - 5 Port Gigabit Switch

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/64190

£97.04 inc 'priority express' (lol) delivery

[fuddam]

www.redstore.com has a cnet one going for 20.45 + vat + P&P

have shopped from them for years. reliable.

http://www.redstore.com/cnenet037

[cotswoldcs]

Try Misco as well for switches & routers

http://www.misco.co.uk

[poolking]

Just a quick question, do you really need gigabit?

[chrestomanci]

Just a quick question, do you really need gigabit?

That depends what you are trying to do.

If you want to copy huge files (video) between PCs on your LAN, then it will probably be a good thing, that way your hard drive becomes the bottleneck, not the network.

If you want to reduce ping times when gaming, then I doubt it will have much effect.

[poolking]

That depends what you are trying to do.

If you want to copy huge files (video) between PCs on your LAN, then it will probably be a good thing, that way your hard drive becomes the bottleneck, not the network.

If you want to reduce ping times when gaming, then I doubt it will have much effect.

Yes that's why I asked the question, just waiting for his answer

[fuddam]

I use gigabit so that I don't NEED to copy video files between PCs, but can edit them from any machine.

recent convert and very pleased