Need a 5 port managed switch

[Jack Kaye Pc Gamer]

I need a 5 port managed(very important) ethernet switch. Basically it, it has to be managed though. Thanks

[ShadowCaptain]

okay? go buy one then  there are like hundreds on amazon

[Jack Kaye Pc Gamer]

23 minutes ago, ShadowCaptain said:

okay? go buy one then  there are like hundreds on amazon

Hilarious. 

I wanted recommendations for what i should get

[Jack Kaye Pc Gamer]

22 minutes ago, mcraftax said:

NETGEAR ProSAFE GS105

That's unmanaged 

[ShadowCaptain]

5 minutes ago, Jack Kaye Pc Gamer said:

That's unmanaged 

The GS105E-200UKS is a managed switch

[Cheatdeath]

No 5 port managed switches worth a recommendation come to mind. I find Zyxel managed switches are hard to beat for their price point. This 8 port from Newegg should do the trick, or if size is not a factor a 16 or 24 port version brings more value imo. I am using this model and find it perfect for my needs. Watch out though there are a lot of cheap managed switches on Ebay but most will be commercial grade that use more power and make way more noise and heat. The Zyxel's mentioned are dead silent, run cool and very low power usage.

[Mikensan]

Are you choosing 5 ports to keep the cost down? You can find plenty of 8-16 fanless if noise is an issue. If it is cost, then what is your budget instead of # of ports? Majority of small switches are going to be web-managed vs CLI. Plenty of features to be had from a web-managed switch. I'm using the GS716T - it is a great switch. Also, instead of "managed" what specific features or protocols do you need?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122381 - I'm a little netgear biased since owning my current one, very friendly web interface. 

[Jack Kaye Pc Gamer]

5 minutes ago, Mikensan said:

Are you choosing 5 ports to keep the cost down? You can find plenty of 8-16 fanless if noise is an issue. If it is cost, then what is your budget instead of # of ports? Majority of small switches are going to be web-managed vs CLI. Plenty of features to be had from a web-managed switch. I'm using the GS716T - it is a great switch. Also, instead of "managed" what specific features or protocols do you need?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122381 - I'm a little netgear biased since owning my current one, very friendly web interface. 

What I'm trying to do is split the one ethernet cable which comes into my room to two for the two pc's in my room. I am currently using a 5 port unmanaged but the internet goes off every 2 minutes with this without warning making me have to unplug everything from the splitter and replug it back in. So i really only need 3 ports so 8 ports seems very over the top for my situation

[Mikensan]

1 minute ago, Jack Kaye Pc Gamer said:

What I'm trying to do is split the one ethernet cable which comes into my room to two for the two pc's in my room. I am currently using a 5 port unmanaged but the internet goes off every 2 minutes with this without warning making me have to unplug everything from the splitter and replug it back in. So i really only need 3 ports so 8 ports seems very over the top for my situation

How will a managed switch help in this scenario? A simple switch does nothing but send packets around - it shouldn't be the reason you're losing your internet connection. Managed switch will bring features like VLAN/QoS etc... 

 

What type of layout do you have? Modem > Router > SWITCH (bedroom)? Or is it Modem > SWITCH (bedroom)? The latter would cause some issues.

 

Issue is most people who need a 5 port switch do not need a managed switch so there are few to non on the market unless it's 8 and above. The few that do exist, are $10-$20 away from an 8port.

[Jack Kaye Pc Gamer]

It goes from Modem > Router > Switch. And I thought managed meant it split the connection equally whilst unmanaged to some extent just allowed for both to in some sense fight for the connection and not split it equally 

[Mikensan]

1 hour ago, Jack Kaye Pc Gamer said:

It goes from Modem > Router > Switch. And I thought managed meant it split the connection equally whilst unmanaged to some extent just allowed for both to in some sense fight for the connection and not split it equally 

Both will do the same thing, only time the behavior changes would be using a HUB which is far worse. With what you're talking about you'd have to set up QoS so one port is more dominate over the other - but I suspect you aren't saturating the switch's bandwidth so QoS wouldn't help.

 

What type of cable is between the router and switch? If it's Cat 5 upgrade it to Cat 5e. Set static IP addresses for the two computers in the bedroom, and when you can no longer access the internet, see if the computers can ping each other. If they can then you know that the two computers and the bedroom switch are good. Next try to ping the router, I suspect you won't be able to.

 

Narrow down what's causing the issue with a little more testing, switches can be expensive and I'd hate to see you drop $50+ and that not solve the issue. A lot of routers will take a shit if they have too many connections (not physical, but like torrenting can connect to several people at once) and that may be your issue. I used to have Verizon FiOS and the Actiontec router they gave me crapped out ~1,000 connections.

 

[KuJoe]

I have the same setup in my house that you're trying to achieve. I have a router in my utility closet and I have 3 unmanaged switches (TP-LINK 1Gbps switches, all unmanaged but some with PoE) in 3 different rooms without any issue. A managed and unmanaged switch handle traffic the same at the basic level, they move packets based on MAC addressing (layer 2). A hub on the other hand just blasts traffic out of all of the ports and hopes it reaches it's destination. A managed switch is different than an unmanaged switch because it can be used for other more advanced things like VLANs, QoS, LACP, port mirroring, routing (layer 3), etc... but unless you specifically setup these types of things a managed switch will act exactly the same as an unmanaged switch by default.

 

Now a managed switch can help you in troubleshooting the problem, but by itself it should not fix the problem unless the switch you are using now is broken. What kind of switch are you using now?