[PLUG] Advice on switches for home network

Kenneth G. Stephens kens at cad2cam.com
Sun Jun 9 17:31:20 UTC 2002


I found at PC Heidens a D-Link firewall/switch.  I have been very happy with
it.  Works for my three computers and occasional Thinkpad.  It freed up my
Linux box so that it can be a workstation instead of a firewall.

http://www.dlink.com/products/broadband/di707/

I would not put any system on DSL/Internet without a firewall.  Especially
after all these security meetings lately.

Ken
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org]On Behalf Of Steve Jorgensen
> Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 11:09 PM
> To: 'plug at lists.pdxlinux.org'
> Subject: RE: [PLUG] Advice on switches for home network
>
>
>
> On Saturday, June 08, 2002 9:57 PM, Stuart Mathews
> [SMTP:smathews at pcez.com]
> wrote:
> > I'm hoping to avoid unnecessary pitfalls of setting up a small
> > network.
> >
> > I have a DSL connection with a 2 Linux PCs, and will soon add a
> > Thinkpad and a printer. I'll need some kind of switch to link
> > everything up. Any ideas as to what they cost, what features I
> > need to keep an eye out for, as well as advices on who makes good
> > (bad!) switches? I'm guessing I'll probably see the best
> > selection at Fry's??
>
> For a home network, you won't usually notice the difference between a hub
> and a switch, especially if you are just printing and sharing an Internet
> connection.  Therefore, if price is an issue, just go with a hub.
>  A switch
> -will- give you some increased reliability, especially if a NIC
> on your LAN
> happens to go bad and start spewing junk onto the wire.





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