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

[Alvin Starr]

On 03/25/2016 08:21 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | 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.
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I kind of like th1 GS108.
Its an 8 port managed switch and has the upside of being able to run
from POE connection so you don't need the wall wart.
But its more like $80.

I am not sure how well it is secured but it at least seems to require a
password and is web based.


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