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

[David Thornton]

"As for security, I do a fair bit of work with Cisco gear and am a CCNA.
Telnet is very often used to configure them, which is plain text."

Oh god my eyes.

On Sat, Mar 26, 2016, 9:05 PM Alvin Starr <alvin at netvel.net> wrote:

> 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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