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Trevor contemplates Consumer Netgear gear. BUT does it pass the cat hair test?

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Re: Thanks for the memories

Have you looked at the Cisco SG300-10 (or the PoE version SG300-10P)? I believe either of these meets all of your criteria for features and cost. I've had good luck with them.

Seconded… we use SG300-24Ps at my workplace and I also have two SG200-8s at home. I've also used a Netgear PROSafe 5-port managed switch. (I can't recall the model.)

The Netgear cost me AU$50, and while it works, its admin interface (written in Adobe Air) is a pile of crap. (It doesn't see the switch half the time and only works in Windows.) There's something listening on port 80 that the Adobe AIR UI talks to, but no web or telnet interfaces to speak of.

The SG200s were about AU$100, and have a decent web interface for administration.

All can do VLANs and LACP.

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