Dell PowerConnect 2608 8 port Gigabit switch $109 shipped AR

[jds487]

Price is $159 - $50 rebate = $109 with free shipping.

It is an unmanaged switch, bit it is still a great deal on a 8 port gigabit switch. It also comes with a rack mount kit.


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[crazymennonite]

Sold! Needed one of those. Thanks!

 

[cmetz]

Does anyone know if these support jumbograms or not?

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: cmetz
Does anyone know if these support jumbograms or not?

I do not think it Does.

Link to:

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=pc_unmanaged&message.id=201

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[Braxus]

FYI, Fry's every once in a while has 5 port GS105 netgear gigabit switches for 40 bucks AMIR.

 

[bex0rs]

The internal power supply is nifty.

How does $229 AR for the 16-port model compare?

 

[degeester]

Not bad price for 16 port, but approx. 2 months ago they had same unit for $179 (same price but a $150 rebate)

 

[nekote]

Beware. "Jumbo" has waaaay too many meanings / byte sizes of MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit).

Good page on "Jumbo" hardware

(16128, 14336, 10240, 9234, 9216, 9192, 9180, 9194, 9148, 9004, 9000) byte MTU Ethernet "Jumbos"

NOT Jumbo Frame Clean Networking Gear
(7K, 4500, 4480, 4476, 4470, 3900, 2450, 2025, 2018, 2000, 1548 ("Baby Jumbos"), 1546, 1534, 1532, 1508, 1500) byte MTU

 

[JackMDS]

Good Find nekote Thanks.

BTW. A lot of Giga stories: The Big Giga Thread.

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[Devistater]

I need some money to do some of these deals dangit

 

[Scarpozzi]

I don't have any Gig NICs at home, so this does me no good.

If I were using it at work, I'd definitely want it to be a managed switch. Most of my systems there depend on Etherchannel for fault tolerance.