Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub
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No I can't run more cables, at the moment I don't need POE, and I won't be providing POE.
Ubiquiti has a lot of different items, and the only reasonable one appears to the the Ubiquiti ES-8-150W Edge Switch 8-Port
Does anyone have any other recommendations? I have 5 devices plus the connection to the network so 6 ports used currently. I don't see it going beyond that.
The reason for the odd number is there is a different device acting as a relay providing an additional Ethernet connection to a separate device.
Recommendations welcome.
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Yeah a dumb netgear for less than half the price.
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@dashrender said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
Yeah a dumb netgear for less than half the price.
Yeah. . . that was my first though as well. . . haha. . .
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I've been using the cheap TP-Link's 8 porters. Usually can find them for $15 on NewEgg; so far no issues.
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@dustinb3403 said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@dashrender said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
Yeah a dumb netgear for less than half the price.
Yeah. . . that was my first though as well. . . haha. . .
Unless you're literally wanting something to act like a hub, dumb Netgear will probably work. We have some cheap TP-Link switches in the office that get the job done.
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Gonna make the spend for under $40 for an 8 port.
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Why would you want a hub over a switch?
I may have something - albeit used and old... but I can look.
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@gjacobse said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
Why would you want a hub over a switch?
I may have something - albeit used and old... but I can look.
You're missing it.
I need a switch to act as a basic hub. It's doing nothing but passing network to a few other devices.
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@DustinB3403 Why are you calling it a "hub"?
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@fateknollogee said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@DustinB3403 Why are you calling it a "hub"?
Because there is no switching taking place. The devices simply ask for a dhcp address, and go. All switches are hubs, so a basic unmanaged switch.
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@dashrender said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
Yeah a dumb netgear for less than half the price.
That's what I would likely do.
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@dustinb3403 said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@fateknollogee said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@DustinB3403 Why are you calling it a "hub"?
Because there is no switching taking place. The devices simply ask for a dhcp address, and go. All switches are hubs, so a basic unmanaged switch.
Switches are not hubs. They are different things. Hubs are a tier 1 device, Switches are a tier 2.
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This post belongs in my WTF thread
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@dustinb3403 said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@fateknollogee said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@DustinB3403 Why are you calling it a "hub"?
Because there is no switching taking place. The devices simply ask for a dhcp address, and go. All switches are hubs, so a basic unmanaged switch.
There is always switching taking place on a switch. All switches operate on layer 2. Hubs have no switching and operate at layer 1, so they are two different things.
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@jaredbusch said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
This post belongs in my WTF thread
Where is the thumbs-up emoji when ya need it!
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OK seems like there is some confusion here.
Hubs simply rebroadcast something that comes in on a port onto every other port on the hub
A switch typically operators at Layer 2 - it knows what devices are on each port and only sends traffic to the port that is responsible for the device in question.
But a switch can also have router functions built it, often called a layer 3 switch. These switches have some smarts, enough to route traffic between two or more networks.
I suppose if someone was only ever introduced to the layer 3 style switches, they might assume all switches work this way, and they knew Hubs didn't so...
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@dustinb3403 said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@fateknollogee said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@DustinB3403 Why are you calling it a "hub"?
Because there is no switching taking place. The devices simply ask for a dhcp address, and go. All switches are hubs, so a basic unmanaged switch.
Wtf are you talking about?
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@coliver said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@dustinb3403 said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@fateknollogee said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@DustinB3403 Why are you calling it a "hub"?
Because there is no switching taking place. The devices simply ask for a dhcp address, and go. All switches are hubs, so a basic unmanaged switch.
Wtf are you talking about?
My guess - a confusion between switching and routing.
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@dashrender said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@coliver said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@dustinb3403 said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@fateknollogee said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@DustinB3403 Why are you calling it a "hub"?
Because there is no switching taking place. The devices simply ask for a dhcp address, and go. All switches are hubs, so a basic unmanaged switch.
Wtf are you talking about?
My guess - a confusion between switching and routing.
Probably wants a switch, but is calling it a hub, not realizing that a hub is a specific thing that sends all traffic out all ports (layer 1).
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@eddiejennings said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@dashrender said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@coliver said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@dustinb3403 said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@fateknollogee said in Just need a basic Switch - to act as a Hub:
@DustinB3403 Why are you calling it a "hub"?
Because there is no switching taking place. The devices simply ask for a dhcp address, and go. All switches are hubs, so a basic unmanaged switch.
Wtf are you talking about?
My guess - a confusion between switching and routing.
Probably wants a switch, but is calling it a hub, not realizing that a hub is a specific thing that sends all traffic out all ports (layer 1).
In this case, either would probably work, but hubs are limited to 10/100, so if you want Gbit, you'd be hosed
