Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing?
Date	2016-12-02 19:16 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2016-12-02, Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> wrote:
> I'm about to buy a gigabit Ethernet switch for my home network. I can
> get one with either a plastic case or a metal one.  The metal one is
> about twice the price.

They aren't actually the same model, though, right? The older models do
tend to be more expensive than newer ones.

> Is there any significant benefit to the metal case? I presume it helps
> protect against RF interference, but is that normally a problem?

Doubt interference would matter, but metal is more durable than plastic.

> (The metal case has the LED indicators next to the ports, whereas the
> plastic one has the LEDs on the front and the ports on the back. I
> don't really care either way.)
>
> Here's the Amazon link to what I'm considering:
>
><https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KFD0SYK>
>
> Thanks for your comments.

I've had a Netgear GS608 running at home 24/7 for the past 8 years
without issue:

<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007SQEPU>

I've used the both the newer white plastic and the older blue metal
Netgear switches (many different models), and haven't noticed any real
difference between them other than the obvious ruggedness of the
all-metal units, which doesn't really matter much considering switches
don't get physically handled all that often.

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JR

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?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2016-12-02 13:11 -0500
  Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-02 19:16 +0000
    Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-02 19:24 +0000
    Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Fred Moore <fmoore@gfcn.huh> - 2016-12-04 21:10 -0500
  Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2016-12-02 20:45 +0100
  Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-02 16:35 -0500
  Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-12-02 22:14 -0700
    Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-03 09:06 -0500
      Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-03 15:02 +0000
  Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-03 09:11 -0500
    Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Snit <usenet@insanity.com> - 2016-12-03 15:47 -0700
      Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-03 18:20 -0500
        Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-12-03 17:06 -0700
  Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-12-05 09:11 -0800
    Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-05 16:06 -0500
      Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-12-06 10:54 -0800
        Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-06 14:02 -0500
        Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-06 19:04 -0500
    Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-12-06 16:51 -0700
      Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-06 19:09 -0500
        Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-12-06 17:15 -0700
          Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-06 19:18 -0500
            Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-12-06 17:26 -0700
              Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-06 20:26 -0500

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