$99USD 8-port managed switch?

[Friday]

I remember reading a review somewhere on an 8-port managed switch that would only drain the pocketboot for just $99USD. Does anyone remember where that article is and what was the manufacturer and model number of that switch? For that price, it would make for a nice new toy around the house.

 

[mboy]

No Sh$t. For $99, I will buy 2

 

[Kingofcomputer]

D-Link DSS-8+ Dual-Speed 8-Port Desktop Switch

The D-Link DSS-8+ is a Dual-Speed 8-port 10/100Mb Ethernet/Fast Ethernet NWay auto-negotiating Switch that includes an uplink MDI-II port for network expansion. It is designed to eliminate unnecessary traffic, and relieve congestion by delivering dedicated bandwidth for each of the eight ports. The DSS-8+ can be deployed with multiple high-speed servers for shared bandwidth to 10Mbps or 100Mbps workgroups. With the highest bandwidth at 200Mbps (100Mbps in full-duplex mode), any port can provide workstations with a congestion-free data pipe for simultaneous access of the server.

So is this a managed switch?

D-Link direct price is just $59, buycom price is $47.54.

 

[Hanpan]

NO the D-link DSS8+ is not managed.

 

[Paulson]

what's managed and unmanaged mean?

 

[Santa]

A managed switch is more or less one which you can log into and view statistics, change settings such as port speeds duplexing, create VLANs, ect.. Being managed allows you to do things with the switch a non-managed one you wouldn't be able to.

Thus the price differnce usually.

Most home consumer grade switches are non-managable while business class switches which are much more expensive tend to have managment capability.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

How about the 3com officeconnect switch?

 

[mboy]

Which model. All the unmanaged ones are $$$, so the managed one must be even more $$$

 

[Athlex]

Compex makes a switch that's a good compromise between standard unmanaged switches and full-management switches for $105.

http://www.techwarelabs.com/reviews/network/compex_dsr2216/
http://www.cpx.com/products_b.asp?c=Switches

Supports trunking (up to 4 ports) and simple QoS, has an internal power supply and is rack mountable.

eBay can also be a good source of inexpensive network hardware, particularly from dot-bombs. I snagged a 24 port Cabletron managed hub (mostly just does monitoring) for $20 shipped.

Edit: this Compex switch is 16 ports, not 8

 

[Rufus210]

I also have gotten some good deals off ebay. A few months ago I got 4 BayStack 350's (24 port full managed Nortel Switches, good stuff) for ~$100 a piece. If ya do a search now seems like someone is getting rid of a pile of them and ya might be able to snag one for less than $100.

I've also found some pretty good deals on 3com and some off-brands, but the Nortel's are the only I've actually ever bought. You might just want to do a general search for managed switches and see what ya find (such as this Allied Telesyn currently for $10 =)