[GTALUG] simple plug & play ethernet splitters?

[Karen Lewellen]

Speaking of netgear, better in quality then the tp-link item I am 
considering?

Kare



On Thu, 8 Aug 2024, Alvin Starr via talk wrote:

> 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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