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jules75
Jul 13, 2016Aspirant
Powerline 1200 - need more GB ports
Hi After a truely epic nightmare with some TP-Link powerline adapters I thought I might give the NetGear equivalents a shot. However, unlike the TP-Link adapters NetGear only seem to make them w...
- Jul 17, 2016
Yes that would work - a simple 5 port unmanaged switch would suffice. I personally would opt for a gigabit switch. The GS305 is very cost effective, brand new they're around £16 at the moment.
If you want to be able to remote into the switch to change settings (QoS, basic VLAN etc) then you could purchase a pro-safe version, which come with a Netgear Utility to be able to access their settings, but are more expensive.
As these switches are pretty much connect and forget, the first option should be sufficient in most situations.
Hope this helps
clithes
Jul 17, 2016Prodigy
Yes that would work - a simple 5 port unmanaged switch would suffice. I personally would opt for a gigabit switch. The GS305 is very cost effective, brand new they're around £16 at the moment.
If you want to be able to remote into the switch to change settings (QoS, basic VLAN etc) then you could purchase a pro-safe version, which come with a Netgear Utility to be able to access their settings, but are more expensive.
As these switches are pretty much connect and forget, the first option should be sufficient in most situations.
Hope this helps
jules75
Jul 18, 2016Aspirant
Perfect, thanks for the reponse! :manhappy: