Only one problem with replacing...

Post #272,992 by bepatient 11/12/06 12:52:28 AM Reply	Only one problem with replacing... one of [link\|http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/EthernetHubs/DS108.aspx\|these] with one of [link\|http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=support&pathtype=support&sku=3C16611-US\|these]. Fans are not quiet. Was having heat issues that made the NG drop off...and new in box on ebay including shipping bought the 3com for 24.99. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #273,131 by folkert 11/13/06 9:18:38 AM Reply	Should have asked... I have a [link\|http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=75\|D-Link 24 port...] Never had any problem and pretty quiet. In fact, I have an Extra... but [link\|http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817111015\|Newegg has it for $69.99]. I could have been persuaded ya know, etc... -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #273,133 by bepatient 11/13/06 9:33:17 AM Reply	Suppose so. Still, for landed price paid, not a bad deal. Its extreme overkill for me...as I likely won't ever use more than half the ports...but it was cheaper than going to best buy and buying an 8 port. Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #273,205 by static 11/13/06 9:24:06 PM Reply	I think I'lll give NetGear a miss for a while. My church has a 16-port version of your failed one and it's been problematic since they bought it. Maybe it is oveheating; I hadn't thought of that. As for other adventures - I bought a wireless print server that still has some pretty serious bugs in the firmware. It's DHCP client wouldn't stay switched off, for instance. And I have a PCI wireless card that comes with a connection utility that likes to hang Windows 2000 :-/. What's worse is that I have a Access Point and PCMCIA card both from NetGear that are quite a bit older and work very well. I guess they must have been cutting corners on quality control since. Wade. "Don't give up!"
Post #273,218 by Andrew Grygus 11/13/06 10:43:08 PM Reply	I would. Practically every time I see NetGear equipment I have to replace it due to weird problems. At one client someone installed a new 5-port NetGear switch in one department and the whole network went unstable. One of my larger clients tried a different consultant ("more oriented to a growing company"). When they called me back in to fix the mess I found the 3Com 24-port switch and Linksys 8-port replaced by a 48-port NetGear managed switch. Constant network problems. I put my old 3Com back in and added a second 3Com for 48 ports and all the problems went away. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #273,299 by n3jja 11/14/06 6:15:04 PM Reply	Yet I have a 16-port NG and I don't see any issues.
Post #273,302 by Andrew Grygus 11/14/06 7:13:05 PM Reply	Hey, some of 'em have to work some of the time :) Of course they don't call me in to see the ones that work. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #273,308 by static 11/14/06 8:59:06 PM Reply	But 3 of the last 5 NG items I've seen do have issues. That's not a good record. Wade. "Don't give up!"

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