Help picking a switch

[david1234]

My WD green switch died last night, and I want to replace it with something a bit more robust than the consumer grade switch I had. I had all 8 ports in use on the old switch, so I want to go to a 16 or 24 port model.

These are the 3 I'm looking at, they all have lifetime warranties. Are these decent for the price, or is there something better I should be looking at?

NETGEAR JGS516

D-Link DGS-1024D

NETGEAR JGS524

[Tomahawk51]

happy with this when it was 99 bucks. no performance benchmarks taken though. seems faster a tad.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833156388

[MattHelm]

I just love this switch. It's only 8 ports, but I think there are larger versions.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00

[Fuzzy]

I have a D-Link DGS-1016D that I picked up second hand on eBay a few years back, and it has never once shown any sign of performance or connectivity issues. I could probably even use the 1024 at this point, but I couldn't pass up the $70 eBay price at the time.

[bcjenkins]

This is what I have: http://www.zyxel.com/uk/en/products_..._24p.shtml?t=p

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

This is what I have: http://www.zyxel.com/uk/en/products_..._24p.shtml?t=p

whew, way to rich for my blood. Seriously, I have never found a need for a managed switch in any residential environment, even one as intense as most of ours. As long as you have a switch with a 'fast enough' pipeline, and good enough quality uarts, it's going to be just fine for any home media system.

I don't really even see a need for a managed gigabit switch at all. There just aren't that many applications that need 1Gbps, that aren't just as good at about 800Mbps.

[bcjenkins]

Perhaps, but the PoE is super nice. And I am out of ports..

[Bagal]

I've got the NETGEAR JGS524, had it a couple of years now and have no complaints, performance has always been good as well.

[Telecore]

Netgear GS116 - been using two of these for years. Metal enclosure and small form factor.

[david1234]

well... I found the 16port dlink locally, so I picked one up and it just works...

PoE looks interesting, but I just don't have a need

[calypsocowboy]

I know it doesn't fit your criteria, but I've been using cheap gigabit switches from Monoprice, they can be found dirt cheap and even if they break, it's cheaper to buy another one. Unless you have a need for the more expensive one, I'd say go cheap.