[tech] Switches

[Duncan Sargeant]

Grahame Bowland wrote on Wed September 13, at 15:30 +0800:
> Last night at the committee meeting we talked about equipping
> ourselves with 10/100Mb switches so that we have an entirely 100Mb
> internal network.  Having the clubroom on a switch rather than a hub
> would also improve speed even if most things only do 10Mb -
> especially with all that X traffic.
> 
> Does anybody know a good source for dumb but useful 10/100 switches? 
> Something like the D-Link switch we already have.  The idea is to
> buy four or five switches (eight ports each) and chain them
> together.

I was going to get a quote from Comdek but they closed at 5.  I'll do it
tomorrow.

,dunc