Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: ?Plastic or Metal Ethernet Swith Housing? Date: 2 Dec 2016 19:16:28 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net b/0ltEYxRIvQJzz99XTFWQoHqoAelNHghizpGTVVLneo7IGHFw Cancel-Lock: sha1:S+92H2RpOU6Tcm+MN1LjoJSA+6A= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:97498 On 2016-12-02, Fred Moore 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: > > > > Thanks for your comments. I've had a Netgear GS608 running at home 24/7 for the past 8 years without issue: 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. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR