[Tfug] Switches -- and hubs!

[Tyler Kilian]

Seems like this is all being over-analyzed, IMHO.  Cheap switches are  
abundant.  I don't think hubs are even made anymore.
At the end of the day, why are you trying to IP-enable a home and  
then worrying about a single digit difference in power utilization?
If you want IP-to-anywhere cabling, then you have to be prepared to  
run a switch.

I'd look at 16 port and be done.

On Dec 7, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Bexley Hall wrote:

> Hi Erich,
>
>> Use switches, Hubs are definitely less efficient.
>
> I'm speaking solely of power consumption, here.  A 10Mb hub
> would handle household VoIP traffic just as well as a 10Mb *switch*!
>
>> I used to have hubs at my place, but I've converted to switches.
>> They run 24/7. One of them produces a faint whine,
>> but this is tolerable.
>
> I'm not worried about noise.  I have a pair of 16 port 10/100
> switches currently and have taken to installing a power switch
> in both of them so I can power them off when not in use.  This
> won't be a viable option for the phone/entertainment system,
> though so I want to think carefully before settling on a
> solution that will be burning power needlessly -- just in case
> someone wants to use the phone, etc.  :<
>
>> I've tested Skype  at my house. This requires a lot of
>> bandwidth but the system can handle it.  Rather
>> than tie up the network with transferring large files I use
>> a USB 2.0 drive that I carry around and plug into whatever
>> machine needs the big files.
>
> Sneakernet-ing a couple of hundred GB is just not my idea of
> a good use of time.  :>   I much prefer dragging a file hierarchy
> over and letting the little lights blink for a while...
>
>
>
>
>
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