[GTALUG] Netgear 5-port Gigabit switch -- $10 ?

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>

| Canada Computer is selling 
|     - Netgear GS105E ProSafe Plus Switch, 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet - 5
|       Ports - 5 x RJ-45 - 10/100/1000Base-T - Wall Mountable
|     - http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=355&item_id=077172&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=160324&utm_content=netgear
| for $10.

This has a neat feature: it can do VLANs.  But it must be configured
from a Windows program.

UNFORTUNATELY the protocol, while undisclosed, cannot be secured.
This is a security disaster.  I have a few of the 8-port version that
I haven't used because of this problem.