[GTALUG] simple plug & play ethernet splitters?

[Alvin Starr]

On 2024-08-08 10:52, Scott Allen via talk wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Aug 2024 at 10:45, o1bigtenor via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>> My reasoning for lesser numbers is I also have less points of possible
>> failure.
> And conversely, more cost if that larger point of failure fails.
>
It's always a trade off.

I have a TV a settopbox and a soundsystem that all have rj45 ports.
It was easier to just get a POE powered 8 port netgear switch and use a 
POE injector at my bigger switch.
Otherwise I would have been running at least 2 more cables and then have 
the ceilings and walls to patch after.

Switches are pretty reliable devices.
Baring lighting strikes the only switches that I have seen go 
spontaneously bad are Cisco and I have some clients running 10 year old 
switch stacks.

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