Comments on: TRENDnet 5-Port Ethernet Switch http://www.teenqueries.com/trendnet-5-port-ethernet-switch/ Think Out of the Box, Finds Way to Answer Teen Queries Thu, 24 May 2012 05:06:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Thomas Starr http://www.teenqueries.com/trendnet-5-port-ethernet-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-4676 Thomas Starr Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:35:02 +0000 http://www.teenqueries.com/trendnet-5-port-ethernet-switch/#comment-4676 Shipping came atleast 4 days before I was expecting it, came just as was described on Amazon. Good doing business with you! Rating: 5 / 5 Shipping came atleast 4 days before I was expecting it, came just as was described on Amazon. Good doing business with you!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Clinton Cook http://www.teenqueries.com/trendnet-5-port-ethernet-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-4675 Clinton Cook Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0000 http://www.teenqueries.com/trendnet-5-port-ethernet-switch/#comment-4675 Before we switched to AT&T U-verse last year, my family used Charter's digital cable to access the internet for a good five to ten years. In all those years, I watched my dad go through device after device (routers, wireless receivers, switchers) getting frustrated with why all the brands we were trying never seemed to work consistently. And they were top brands (Linksys was one of them). <br /> <br />The main problem was that the device would work, then it would stop. We'd reset it, it worked again, then it stopped. Eventually, he would give it to me to see if I could get it to work until it quit working altogether. Now, I don't know if it was product quality or the fact that they were getting really hot (which, considering information is traveling faster causing the devices to get hotter causing companies to rethink heat dissipation, is a rather redundant excuse). All I knew was that, when I started buying my own equipment, I was going to take serious consideration into what brands I was going to buy. <br /> <br />I owned a 4-port Linksys switcher I got from my grandfather for a while until, suddenly, it could, only, handle three connections at any one time. Whether it was three computers, two computers and an uplink to another switcher, or a computer, an uplink, and a network device, it just wouldn't handle a fourth device. Sometime around March (2008), I started looking around. Trendnet was on my dad's list of top five network device manufacturers. And, with the price being low enough, I figured it was worth the money. Two months later, I have no regrets. This is a quality device for an at-home, small network (small as in less than ten network-able devices). <br /> <br />The device could use the extra lights that let you know connection status, connection speed, etc. But, if you think of this as a reduced-visuals solution to a high-tech, low-priced device, it's worth every cent. <br /> <br />Update (6/12/09): The device still works perfectly fine. But, I discovered a flaw with it's design. There are some little pieces of plastic that help a network plug stay in place. Those pieces of plastic were small enough that a couple of them broke off (of course, because I was studying networking at the time, I can't help but wonder if I messed with it too much). Now, I have to hold the plugs in place using some string or a rubber band to insure the plug stayed in the port. I've since switched to using a 16-port switch I got from my dad's job because they had since moved onto bigger stuff (most likely more ports and/or in the giga range). It's a Linksys switch. But, I figure that it's a professional grade product. As such, I would, still, recommend this product (the Trendnet) for someone working within a budget. Rating: 4 / 5 Before we switched to AT&T U-verse last year, my family used Charter’s digital cable to access the internet for a good five to ten years. In all those years, I watched my dad go through device after device (routers, wireless receivers, switchers) getting frustrated with why all the brands we were trying never seemed to work consistently. And they were top brands (Linksys was one of them).

The main problem was that the device would work, then it would stop. We’d reset it, it worked again, then it stopped. Eventually, he would give it to me to see if I could get it to work until it quit working altogether. Now, I don’t know if it was product quality or the fact that they were getting really hot (which, considering information is traveling faster causing the devices to get hotter causing companies to rethink heat dissipation, is a rather redundant excuse). All I knew was that, when I started buying my own equipment, I was going to take serious consideration into what brands I was going to buy.

I owned a 4-port Linksys switcher I got from my grandfather for a while until, suddenly, it could, only, handle three connections at any one time. Whether it was three computers, two computers and an uplink to another switcher, or a computer, an uplink, and a network device, it just wouldn’t handle a fourth device. Sometime around March (2008), I started looking around. Trendnet was on my dad’s list of top five network device manufacturers. And, with the price being low enough, I figured it was worth the money. Two months later, I have no regrets. This is a quality device for an at-home, small network (small as in less than ten network-able devices).

The device could use the extra lights that let you know connection status, connection speed, etc. But, if you think of this as a reduced-visuals solution to a high-tech, low-priced device, it’s worth every cent.

Update (6/12/09): The device still works perfectly fine. But, I discovered a flaw with it’s design. There are some little pieces of plastic that help a network plug stay in place. Those pieces of plastic were small enough that a couple of them broke off (of course, because I was studying networking at the time, I can’t help but wonder if I messed with it too much). Now, I have to hold the plugs in place using some string or a rubber band to insure the plug stayed in the port. I’ve since switched to using a 16-port switch I got from my dad’s job because they had since moved onto bigger stuff (most likely more ports and/or in the giga range). It’s a Linksys switch. But, I figure that it’s a professional grade product. As such, I would, still, recommend this product (the Trendnet) for someone working within a budget.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Arnold J. Fishman http://www.teenqueries.com/trendnet-5-port-ethernet-switch/comment-page-1/#comment-4674 Arnold J. Fishman Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:47:53 +0000 http://www.teenqueries.com/trendnet-5-port-ethernet-switch/#comment-4674 Worked great for an hour. Plug and play as others has testified. Unfortunately, then because of an odd set of circumstances of reorganization of various devices in my system, I accidently plugged in my modem's AC power convertor into this switch's AC port (they are exactly the same size). Unfortunately it did not like it, and in fact within a minute, smoke was coming out of the unit...by the time i realized my mistake the unit was fried. This was totally my mistake, but was shocked that the same size AC convertor plugs are not designed to carry the same amp load! So be careful--the switch is obviously not resistant to stupid mistakes! Rating: 4 / 5 Worked great for an hour. Plug and play as others has testified. Unfortunately, then because of an odd set of circumstances of reorganization of various devices in my system, I accidently plugged in my modem’s AC power convertor into this switch’s AC port (they are exactly the same size). Unfortunately it did not like it, and in fact within a minute, smoke was coming out of the unit…by the time i realized my mistake the unit was fried. This was totally my mistake, but was shocked that the same size AC convertor plugs are not designed to carry the same amp load! So be careful–the switch is obviously not resistant to stupid mistakes!
Rating: 4 / 5

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