Just Confirming

[jsarcone]

I want separate my 1 GB unmanaged switch and100MB unmanaged switches with a managed switch (gs108T). If I disable Flow Control on the managed switch would take care of the flow control issue even though the devices are connect to a unmanaged switch with flow control. Because the managed switch will not allow the flow control to work between the 1 GB and 100MB segments. Would this be correct?

Would you recomment the gs108t switch?

Thank you.

Joe

 

[dreid]

I'd leave flow control enabled on the GS108T. Flow control prevents "a fast sender from outrunning a slow receiver." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_control)

In your case, the fast senders are the devices on the 1 GB unmanaged switch and the slow receivers are the devices on the 100MB unmanaged switch.

I haven't used the GS108T switch, but I have had good luck with other Netgear switches. Plus, you can't go wrong with Netgear's lifetime warranty.

 

[HappyBison]

I used several of Netgear ProSafe switches and was happy about those. I did not use that model GS108T in particular, but I never had problems with this series and would highly recommend it.