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Suitable upgrade for an EN108
I've got a patch panel in my home (!) with CAT5 wiring running into various rooms from the patch panel. The patch panel is served by a Netgear EN108 switch. I want to upgrade this to add extra wired...
Do you have cat 5 or cat 5e?
The en108 is a really old (22years) 10 base-t switch. So 10mbps switch.
Pretty much any modern gigabit switch is going much faster than it (provided your wiring supports gigabit speeds)
I'm not sure but I think it is probably Cat5 and not Cat5e. But the cable runs are pretty short. So which Netgear switch should I replace it with? Also would the replacement unit cater for power over Ethernet and what extra Netgear kit should I get for this? I am thinking of putting some webcams on this network.
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