March 15, 201115 yr Trendnet Newegg Also found it on ebay for $24.98 (including shipping) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320574719746+
March 15, 201115 yr This is a great switch. I have two of these. The most recent I grabbed from Amazon for $26, but it looks like it's up to $30 now. This is an OK price, probably about as low as you'll find, but its regular price is only a few dollars more. Note that the TEG-S5G regularly has sales in the $15 range, and while it is actually the newer model it is inferior to this one. For example, it supports smaller jumbo frames, and is in a plastic casing instead of the nice metal casing of this TEG-S50G.
March 15, 201115 yr I'm already taking up all ports on the current router, I'm waiting for the 8-port gigE switch to go on sale so I don't have to buy a gigE router that will break the bank.
March 15, 201115 yr This is a great switch. I have two of these. The most recent I grabbed from Amazon for $26, but it looks like it's up to $30 now. This is an OK price, probably about as low as you'll find, but its regular price is only a few dollars more. Note that the TEG-S5G regularly has sales in the $15 range, and while it is actually the newer model it is inferior to this one. For example, it supports smaller jumbo frames, and is in a plastic casing instead of the nice metal casing of this TEG-S50G. I was curious: Where did you hear that the TEG-S5G supports smaller jumbo frames than the TEG-S50G? From the trendnet website, it looks like both support 9216 byte jumbo frames. (Although for the TEG-SG5, the info wasn't under Specs, but, under features).
March 15, 201115 yr It was actually in a Slickdeals discussion where someone went through the effort to pull the actual data sheets from the manufacturer. The S5G was noted as having 9k frame size support, but the S50G listed 12k as its maximum size. I'll see if I can dig up the thread and post back. This is the user manual for the S50G, it notes the larger frame size: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:4WFxgTwm9NUJ:www.trendnet.com/download_manager/default.asp%3FiFile%3D13667+TEG-S50G+jumbo+frame&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESgWQZP5YtWU8aT0Q-SnmRf7QeV6SsAJC1hLx4M2Sr_NDAuGm6brJF5RZ_IvzWPqPwBhp8oR9zEUIHkoXCambDTwFwzMJuB6wNU5rGAgBE61PUfebtwUAZ42gTg681SdbhTCgbG8&sig=AHIEtbRs_NaOS5dCSTHMbjX36YHEdCHZsA
March 15, 201115 yr Thanks for the link. Looking at the trendnet.com site, I see they refer to "TEG-S50g (Version v3.0R)". Wondering if Version v3.0R means no more 12k jumbo frame support. The installation guide says 9k jumbo frames: http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?prod=530_TEG-S50g&cat=113
March 17, 201115 yr Could be. That guide I posted was for version 1R. I have a 2R and a 3R, but haven't tried jumbo frames on either yet. Amazon dropped their price on this to $25 now as well.
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