D-Link Switch Issue
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
and would think no one would want to run the same switch for 15 years...
Lots of people want to. Not IT people, but people.
Yeah, I was implying IT people, but you're right.
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@scottalanmiller said:
A switch purchased at the beginning of a technology cycle, like GigE over a decade ago, might still be great today. A 10GigE switch today might easily last ten years. But if you buy one halfway through a cycle they will deprecate much faster. That is a big factor.
Agreed. You don't have to buy brand new, but it's like why would you buy a switch that's FastEthernet nowadays?
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
A switch purchased at the beginning of a technology cycle, like GigE over a decade ago, might still be great today. A 10GigE switch today might easily last ten years. But if you buy one halfway through a cycle they will deprecate much faster. That is a big factor.
Agreed. You don't have to buy brand new, but it's like why would you buy a switch that's FastEthernet nowadays?
Many business only put in CAT5 not Cat5e so gigabit is a waste of money if you can get the same product cheap, since you'll likely want to hard limit the switch to prevent issues anyway.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
A switch purchased at the beginning of a technology cycle, like GigE over a decade ago, might still be great today. A 10GigE switch today might easily last ten years. But if you buy one halfway through a cycle they will deprecate much faster. That is a big factor.
Agreed. You don't have to buy brand new, but it's like why would you buy a switch that's FastEthernet nowadays?
Many business only put in CAT5 not Cat5e so gigabit is a waste of money if you can get the same product cheap, since you'll likely want to hard limit the switch to prevent issues anyway.
Hmmm, that's sad...didn't even know you could buy Cat5 anymore and not at least Cat5e. I'm sure it's available somewhere but why anyone would willingly buy it, I have no idea...
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
A switch purchased at the beginning of a technology cycle, like GigE over a decade ago, might still be great today. A 10GigE switch today might easily last ten years. But if you buy one halfway through a cycle they will deprecate much faster. That is a big factor.
Agreed. You don't have to buy brand new, but it's like why would you buy a switch that's FastEthernet nowadays?
Many business only put in CAT5 not Cat5e so gigabit is a waste of money if you can get the same product cheap, since you'll likely want to hard limit the switch to prevent issues anyway.
Hmmm, that's sad...didn't even know you could buy Cat5 anymore and not at least Cat5e. I'm sure it's available somewhere but why anyone would willingly buy it, I have no idea...
That's what was there when many had installed networking. It's generally not economically feasible to upgrade cabling like that.
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You can buy anything. Cat3 is still pretty popular.
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Cheap. Phones.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
You can buy anything. Cat3 is still pretty popular.
....why...
Cheap for phones. Smart people use CAT5e/Cat6 for phones though. It was used 10MB ethernet as well as a few 100mb networks.
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Sure. SMART people.
