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DLink vs Cisco Small Business switches
Good to know about eBay. I'll keep watching for deals on there, then. Here were my steps to setup the ERL: - I attached it directly to my laptop using an ethernet cable (so, not on the network) - Upgraded the firmware to 1.5 (1.6 was released, but I couldn't find it on the download page) -...- SDGator
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DLink vs Cisco Small Business switches
Yeah, at this point I'm going with a switch with 16 or more ports. How long have you been using the SG2216? Has it been pretty stable and reliable? The more expensive switches have more features that I probably won't use, but I'm assuming more expensive means ever closer to enterprise levels...- SDGator
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DLink vs Cisco Small Business switches
Man, I'm sorry to hear about your troubles with the ERL. My big roadblock was getting my computer to connect with its web interface in the first place. I thought it was bricked right out of the box for a little bit. Once I got past that it was fairly smooth sailing. I did find that when I...- SDGator
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DLink vs Cisco Small Business switches
I don't do a lot of cross-VLAN traffic, so the Layer 3 is wasted in our case. And I've had two bad Netgear GS108's in a row, so I'm trying to avoid them for this round. I'm willing to pay more for the switch this time so I can get advanced logging and debug features for when the network gets...- SDGator
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DLink vs Cisco Small Business switches
I finally got sick of our unstable as heck Apple router at home and got a Ubiquity ERL and turned the Apple Airport Extreme into a wireless AP...wow I wish I had done that a long time ago. Our home network has been rock solid so far. So, the next step in home network domination is a switch...- SDGator
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