deal on 48 port switch

[Atomicnerd64]

I found this really good deal on the Tenda TEH1048 which normally goes for >110 at just 60. should I go for it or spend 30 on a patch panel, 8 on a crimping tool and 14 on rj45 connectors? I already have a 5 port and an 8 port switch (cheapest ones I could find at the time). I have only two computers and a pfsense box right now.

store link: http://www.cosmodata.gr/product/181175/
tenda website: http://www.tendacn.com/in/product/TEH1048.html

[Julian5]

3 minutes ago, Atomicnerd64 said:

I found this really good deal on the Tenda TEH1048 which normally goes for >110 at just 60. should I go for it or spend 30 on a patch panel, 8 on a crimping tool and 14 on rj45 connectors? I already have a 5 port and an 8 port switch (cheapest ones I could find at the time). I have only two computers and a pfsense box right now.

link?

[Atomicnerd64]

3 minutes ago, Julian5 said:

link?

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[Julian5]

19 minutes ago, Atomicnerd64 said:

I found this really good deal on the Tenda TEH1048 which normally goes for >110 at just 60. should I go for it or spend 30 on a patch panel, 8 on a crimping tool and 14 on rj45 connectors? I already have a 5 port and an 8 port switch (cheapest ones I could find at the time). I have only two computers and a pfsense box right now.

store link: http://www.cosmodata.gr/product/181175/
tenda website: http://www.tendacn.com/in/product/TEH1048.html

seems like a good deal, get it if you need it

[brwainer]

Although it is a 48 port switch, it is only 10/100. I wouldn't buy that unless you plan on having a big LAN party soon. If you're just trying to improve your personal gear, a 24 port gigabit switch is what you should be looking for deals on. 

[Atomicnerd64]

58 minutes ago, brwainer said:

Although it is a 48 port switch, it is only 10/100. I wouldn't buy that unless you plan on having a big LAN party soon. If you're just trying to improve your personal gear, a 24 port gigabit switch is what you should be looking for deals on. 

the plan is to get exactly that, a 24 port gigabit managed switch and have not so important devices on the slower 48 port switch like wifi access points or guest computers

[mariushm]

It's not much of a deal, it's listed on amazon.co.uk at 62 uk pounds (about 74 euro) + shipping (maybe 5 euro or something like that). Definitely not 110 whatever (you don't say, i guess euro). Here's the link

 

And like others said, it's limited to 100 mbps. These days, it makes no sense, go for gigabit ports. Starting from about 40 uk pounds, you can buy 16-24 port gigabit switches on Amazon uk (not sure they ship to Greece, but figured there's a high chance)... here's an example

 

the plan is to get exactly that, a 24 port gigabit managed switch and have not so important devices on the slower 48 port switch like wifi access points or guest computers

Don't bother. Are you seriously going to have more than 24 devices around the house?  If you're ever going to need more you can reuse your existing 8 port switches or order another 24 port gigabit switch at a later point.

With a good switch, you have QOS to give "guest computers" less bandwidth, you can create vlans to protect your local network from guest pcs and so on. But it's unlikely you'll find these features on switches under 100 euro or thereabouts, it has to be managed switch.

 

[Atomicnerd64]

in my country the next cheapest place has it for 115.

[Atomicnerd64]

7 minutes ago, mariushm said:

It's not much of a deal, it's listed on amazon.co.uk at 62 uk pounds (about 74 euro) + shipping (maybe 5 euro or something like that). Definitely not 110 whatever (you don't say, i guess euro). Here's the link

 

And like others said, it's limited to 100 mbps. These days, it makes no sense, go for gigabit ports. Starting from about 40 uk pounds, you can buy 16-24 port gigabit switches on Amazon uk (not sure they ship to Greece, but figured there's a high chance)... here's an example

 

 

 

Don't bother. Are you seriously going to have more than 24 devices around the house?  If you're ever going to need more you can reuse your existing 8 port switches or order another 24 port gigabit switch at a later point.

With a good switch, you have QOS to give "guest computers" less bandwidth, you can create vlans to protect your local network from guest pcs and so on. But it's unlikely you'll find these features on switches under 100 euro or thereabouts, it has to be managed switch.

 

and don't think of it as 24 devices. my computers have 2 network ports each, right now used as failover on the windows machine and as load balanced on the linux server. with another computer coming in less than a year, that's 6 ports gone. 3 access points and we're up to nine. a little thecus nas will take up another port, and another computer that I'm building from old parts to use also as a web server, another two ports gone. 11 ports. my friend's laptop makes them 12. so...it is not as way over my needs as it might seem.

[mariushm]

3 minutes ago, Atomicnerd64 said:

in my country the next cheapest place has it for 115.

If you're over 18 and with a credit card, chances are you can probably order products from other countries without any problems. As far as I know, Greece is still in EU so if you order from Amazon.co.uk for example (which has warehouses in Europe), you won't even pay customs taxes. And, you have the same warranty as any other place, at least 2 years. 

For a switch (being so flat and wide) shipping may be a bit more expensive but should still be a fairly decent shipping cost, something like 5-15 euro.

 

I could buy a 24 port gigabit switch for about 85 euro with free shipping and mail it to you for about 5 euro in shipping costs and it would still be cheaper than 115 euro : http://www.pcgarage.ro/switch-uri/d-link/gigabit-go-sw-24g/

It's unmanaged, but cheap and good brand. Surely you can find an online store with good reputation that would ship to Greece.

 

 

[Atomicnerd64]

24 minutes ago, mariushm said:

If you're over 18 and with a credit card, chances are you can probably order products from other countries without any problems. As far as I know, Greece is still in EU so if you order from Amazon.co.uk for example (which has warehouses in Europe), you won't even pay customs taxes. And, you have the same warranty as any other place, at least 2 years. 

For a switch (being so flat and wide) shipping may be a bit more expensive but should still be a fairly decent shipping cost, something like 5-15 euro.

 

I could buy a 24 port gigabit switch for about 85 euro with free shipping and mail it to you for about 5 euro in shipping costs and it would still be cheaper than 115 euro : http://www.pcgarage.ro/switch-uri/d-link/gigabit-go-sw-24g/

It's unmanaged, but cheap and good brand. Surely you can find an online store with good reputation that would ship to Greece.

 

 

I would very much appreciate a managed one so I could use ling aggregation and proper qos. ports right now aren't the problem. my slow internet and lack of internal network control is. also I want something that can go into a rack since I'm gathering funds to build a proper rack and not have cables everywhere and non power protected mission critical machines.

[Atomicnerd64]

27 minutes ago, mariushm said:

If you're over 18 and with a credit card, chances are you can probably order products from other countries without any problems. As far as I know, Greece is still in EU so if you order from Amazon.co.uk for example (which has warehouses in Europe), you won't even pay customs taxes. And, you have the same warranty as any other place, at least 2 years. 

For a switch (being so flat and wide) shipping may be a bit more expensive but should still be a fairly decent shipping cost, something like 5-15 euro.

 

I could buy a 24 port gigabit switch for about 85 euro with free shipping and mail it to you for about 5 euro in shipping costs and it would still be cheaper than 115 euro : http://www.pcgarage.ro/switch-uri/d-link/gigabit-go-sw-24g/

It's unmanaged, but cheap and good brand. Surely you can find an online store with good reputation that would ship to Greece.

 

 

sites I mainly buy from, in case you want to give me a recommendation or have spare time to take a look at, are www.e-shop.gr and www.you.gr

[brwainer]

Even given all that you have written above, including having a reason right now for 12 ports, is still no reason in my mind to wate money on a 48 port 10/100 switch. That's my personal opinion and advice.

[Atomicnerd64]

1 minute ago, brwainer said:

Even given all that you have written above, including having a reason right now for 12 ports, is still no reason in my mind to wate money on a 48 port 10/100 switch. That's my personal opinion and advice.

the only reason I want to buy it now is that I may lose the deal. other than that my eyes are on 24 port managed switches

[brwainer]

1 minute ago, Atomicnerd64 said:

the only reason I want to buy it now is that I may lose the deal. other than that my eyes are on 24 port managed switches

If this deal has come up once, it will come up again in the future. Or another switch will have a similar deal.

[Atomicnerd64]

1 minute ago, brwainer said:

If this deal has come up once, it will come up again in the future. Or another switch will have a similar deal.

okay then. I can always buy a used one if I need to. thank you for the advice

[tt2468]

9 hours ago, Atomicnerd64 said:

I found this really good deal on the Tenda TEH1048 which normally goes for >110 at just 60. should I go for it or spend 30 on a patch panel, 8 on a crimping tool and 14 on rj45 connectors? I already have a 5 port and an 8 port switch (cheapest ones I could find at the time). I have only two computers and a pfsense box right now.

store link: http://www.cosmodata.gr/product/181175/
tenda website: http://www.tendacn.com/in/product/TEH1048.html

Buying gigabit or slower switches is basically useless nowadays to get new. Just look up switches on ebay. Chances are you can get a quanta lb4m for within your budget. Theres also a ton of cheap 10/100 switches out there for basically nothing.