recommandations for a home Gigabit switch


Hi again,

I'm looking for a relatively cheap Gigabit switch for my
home network.

I'm currently running on 100Mbit/s ethernet and I'm
clearly saturating the link everytime I send huge
files (either through NFS or SCP, depending on
what I'm doing...).

I'm not hoping to do sustained 100 MB/s file transfer
(I know my hard disks wouldn't follow), but I'm looking
for something faster than what I already have.

My Linux systems have ASUS motherboards with
Gigabit ethernet onboard chips and finding Gigabit
ethernet rated cable shouldn't be too expensive.

So basically all I need is a switch, preferably with 16
ports (I've got several PCs and two network printers).
I'm on a budget and although I'm usually not a huge
Dell fan (I have one LCD from Dell bought 4 years ago
and that's it), I was thinking of this :

99 Euros (around $130 USD) : PowerConnect 2716

http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pwcnt_2716?c=uk&l=en&s=bsd&cs=ukbsdt1

I think it's manufactured by HP.

Would that be an OK Gigabit ethernet switch? Are there
gotchas?

I realize it's not a $1 500 Cisco but for a home network,
would it be OK?

Thanks for your lights, I'm a complete Gigabit ethernet newbie,

Driss

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