[NTLUG:Discuss] Router or switch?

[Joel Sinor]

On Tue, 06 May 2003 08:08:43 -0500
"Darin W. Smith" <darin_ext at darinsmith.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 05 May 2003 17:36:36 -0500, Joel Sinor <jsinor at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> 
<snip>
> Very large installations usually use a high-end switch that has one
> gigabit e-net port, which goes to the server that all individual
> machines out there will be talking to.  That really eliminates one
> bottleneck.
> 
> For SOHO use, though, you can't beat a 10 or 20 dollar full-duplex
> 100BT switch with AutoMDIX.
<snip>
I should also mention, then, that last weekend I also saw a switch at
Fry's, available for the princely sum of $149, which had several
100BaseT ports (5-8 IIRC) and one gigabit ethernet port.  I am sorely
tempted to pick up the asus mobo (with gigabit ethernet built in) and
some of the cheap disks they are selling there and build a server ;).