spec me a home switch- heavy throughput

233 · 26 Apr 2020 at 14:34

Looking for recommendations for a decent gigabit switch for heavy home use,

ideally 16 port and access to the outside world will be Virgin media 350meg. connected via their modem.

will be running a tenda mesh network off of one port and everything else will be hard wired (couple of consoles for the boys and a plex server for internal use only but which will potentially could be running 2/3 4k streams at a time.

budget concious and unmanaged(or easy to setup) is the priority.

suggestions welcome

MagicBoy · 26 Apr 2020 at 14:38

Pretty much anything will be fine, unless you need super advanced L3 features.

Caged · 26 Apr 2020 at 15:48

Anything will be fine, I think you'd struggle to find a switch that wasn't broken that couldn't manage line-rate throughput.

The TP Link TL-SG1016D looks like a good option as it has an internal power supply.

bremen1874 · 26 Apr 2020 at 16:16

Given the usually minimal price difference between a 16 port Gigabit switch and a 24 port Gigabit switch, I'd go for the 24 port option.

Rroff · 26 Apr 2020 at 16:37

I'd agree with the sentiment of going a bit beyond what you think you need - so many times I've wished I did that.

Not sure they do a 24 port variant but TBH I've been pretty happy with the Netgear GS series for anything non-enterprise usage - they come in both managed and unmanaged variants and have been completely transparent in use - never any issues with performance, etc. and so far lasted for years fine.

bledd · 26 Apr 2020 at 21:46

Yup, any switch will do.

I'd go for a 24 port fanless gigabit.

233 · 27 Apr 2020 at 21:57

tp link listed above, ordered

nearly got caught out with the DS variant which is only 100mb

just need to sort cable and some crimping tools and we're good to start drilling holes in the ceilings and floors ,divorce or stabbing incoming

ov_sjo · 12 May 2020 at 17:23

350mbps isn't heavy load for a gigabit switch. At layer 3, anything will do what you need. If you need any packet inspection or filtering, then you may need more processing capability.