[GTALUG] simple plug & play ethernet splitters?

[Nick Accad]

I have 3 of those scattered around the house

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00K4DS5KU?ref=emc_s_m_5_i_atc

Same model but "metal" case

I can vouch for them, it's been a few years and they are solid, except for
when one of them had a hardcoded MAC of de:ad:be:ef:ca:fe which annoyed me
enough to return it (they just sent me a new one, and now I have a dead cow
coffee shop in my basement)



On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 7:41 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> > From: Lennart Sorensen via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>
> > Well canada computers has a 5 port gigabit ethernet switch for $30.
>
> A five-port ethernet switch gives you 3 more ethernet ports than you
> started with: one of the five is taken by "upstream" and another one
> is takeen by the device that used to use it.
>
> I find that it is usually worth buying an eight-port switch:
>
> - it gives you 6 more ports than you started with
>
> - it usually costs only a little more space, money, power than a
>   five-port switch
>
> Make sure you get a gigabit switch: "fast" means 100 Mb/s, which is slower
> for very little savings.
>
> Some people prefer metal cases over plastic.  I think plastic is fine.
>
> Finding things on Amazon or Canada Computers is annoyingly difficult.
> Here's a plastic TP-Link 8-port gigabit switch that is currently on sale
> on Amazon.ca for $22.99.
>
> <
> https://www.amazon.ca/TP-Link-TL-SG1008D-1000Mbps-Switching-Capacity/dp/B001EVGIYG/ref=sr_1_3_sspa
> >
>
> I have not carefully shopped to come up with this.
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