Almost time to move in to my new house (1 month left) and i'm collecting the bits that i'll need now.
The electrician has put in my cat5e now, so i'm looking at options for a switch. I'm going to need 18 sockets, and at least 12 of them should be gigabit (ideally all of them) to maximise the speed that I will get..makes life much easier transfering to and from the nas
I've been looking at the netgear JGS524 here:
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/24-po...45-port-switch
Which is reasonably prices and has all the features that i'll need, however I am a bit worried about the fans on it as its been reported to be rather noisy, which is something that I want to avoid. I may not be able to but..what do you guys think?
The other option is to get 3 of their 8 port ones, which is roughly the same price within £5 or so. I know that they will be silent so that may be an option (despite the extra plugs required, although there are POE options there)..but i'm not certain if that will affect performance at all or risk creating extra collision zones etc (my network theory is a bit rusty!)
So, any reccomendations - is that the best switch for the job in my price bracket? (up to £300). If I just wanted 10/100 it would be easy..plenty of cheap 10/100 cisco kit around but none with full gigabit for a reasonable price![]()


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