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Does it matter if I have a good buffer on the switch ?<br />
What is a good buffer size?
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Does it matter if I have a good buffer on the switch ?
What is a good buffer size?

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Thanks everyone. I will go for the NetGear switch. Easy for my SOHO. :-)
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Thanks everyone. I will go for the NetGear switch. Easy for my SOHO. :-)

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Hi,<br />
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Problem:<br />
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I would like to get a small Switch/Hub for my office to connect about 4-5 machine and maybe few more in the future. <br />
There is only 1 network port in the room so want to expand that to connect more machines to network.<br />
I want a switch with a good buffer and speed as I will be connecting servers on the switch.<br />
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I am thinking of a 8 port switch, maybe Cisco?<br />
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Can anyone give me suggestion on what I should get?
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Hi,

Problem:

I would like to get a small Switch/Hub for my office to connect about 4-5 machine and maybe few more in the future. 
There is only 1 network port in the room so want to expand that to connect more machines to network.
I want a switch with a good buffer and speed as I will be connecting servers on the switch.

I am thinking of a 8 port switch, maybe Cisco?

Can anyone give me suggestion on what I should get?

Suggestions for a small switch preferably Cisco

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Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

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A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.