[GordyBoy]

Hello!

I'm ready to take the plunge after weeks of reading and buy myself an Android box for XBMC.

I need an ethernet switch and wish to have a 5port Gigabit switch.

Now I've read on Amazon that certain switches 'block' the UPnP server such as this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/...Descending

Can anyone recommend a Gigabit 5 port switch for me?

Thanks in advance

[prae5]

I've used plenty of Netgear devices in home installs and never had an issue. You can pick up a 5 port device for about £20

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-GS105-5-...lraecom-21

[GordyBoy]

I've used plenty of Netgear devices in home installs and never had an issue. You can pick up a 5 port device for about £20

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Netgear-GS105-5-...lraecom-21

Thank you very much

[Prof Yaffle]

More expensive, but I used to use one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000HOL62U

And now use one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003UWRYBI

... neither has never caused problems, I just outgrew them as I kept adding more wall plates around the house.

[GordyBoy]

More expensive, but I used to use one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000HOL62U

And now use one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003UWRYBI

... neither has never caused problems, I just outgrew them as I kept adding more wall plates around the house.

Thanks very much.

There's such a massive range out there.

It'll be a home plug running into the switcher so we'll see how I get on!

Thank you.

[bluray]

I posted TP-Link switch in this post- post #18.......

[magao]

If it's at the edge of your network (e.g. you're just attaching your AV gear to it, and only one or two devices will be pulling data at one time) then pretty much any 5-port unmanaged gigabit switch will do the job. For example:

http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/pro...DLDGS1005A

I use the 8-port version of that in my home office. However, note that it only has a 2Gbps backplane (not listed on the website - it's on the box) - that means that a total maximum of 2Gbps of traffic can be passing through it at once. You don't want to use that for the central switch in your house, as it will limit things when multiple locations want to pull high-bandwidth data.

Instead, for a central switch you want to have 2Gbps per port i.e. a 5-port switch has a 10Gbps backplane. They're a little more expensive, but not that much. For example:

http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/pro.../INNTG7187

In your case, since your upstream is via HomePlug, the 2Gbps backplane of the first one will not be a limiting factor (unless the devices plugged into the switch talk to each other as well, but even then it's unlikely you would hit the limit).