TRENDnet 8-Port Unmanaged Gigabit GREENnet Standard Switch (TEG-S80G) $22 + Free Shipping *It's Back*

B&H Photo Video is TRENDnet 8-Port Unmanaged Gigabit GREENnet Standard Switch (TEG-S80G) for $22.20 with Free Shipping. Thanks calistyle

Price Research: Our research indicates that this TRENDnet 8-Port Unmanaged Gigabit GREENnet Standard Switch is $8 lower (27% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $30. - brisar

Thanks calistyle! TU & Rep +1

I hated that I missed the lightening deal earlier this week and this is only about a $1 more (http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/7...?#comments).

As of note, B&H seems to have the 5 port version of this switch on sale as well - $18.95 (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pro...witch.html).

Both seem to have good reviews...

Amazon - TEG-S80G - http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Un...ewpoints=1

Amazon - TEG-S50G - http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Un...ewpoints=1

I got in yesterday. Plugged it in with my Killawatt and dang, it only consumed 1.6 Watts! My old one consumes almost 10 Watts!

My old gigabit switch like this one didn't have an indicative front panel, showing actual connected speed, never realized all my connection was at 100MBps, instead of advertised 1000MBps, until one of the Windows 8 OS utility shows actual connected speed . Hastly believing that it was old hardware not keeping up to specified speed, I upgraded to this switch, but the network throughput never improved, still showing 100MBps, until I realized the fault was at the cable not the hardware; I should have replaced all network cable from CAT5 to CAT5E or CAT6 type. After spending days in cable changes, the connection speed now is up to 1000MBps, but actual network throughput didn't improve much, due to old hardware, especially connection to RAID5 configured network drive. This stupid upgrading thing doesn't stop at meager $20 buck, will cost thousands, before I can realize the benefit of higher throughputs.

Quote from heyya1961 : My old gigabit switch like this one didn't have an indicative front panel, showing actual connected speed, never realized all my connection was at 100MBps, instead of advertised 1000MBps, until one of the Windows 8 OS utility shows actual connected speed . Hastly believing that it was old hardware not keeping up to specified speed, I upgraded to this switch, but the network throughput never improved, still showing 100MBps, until I realized the fault was at the cable not the hardware; I should have replaced all network cable from CAT5 to CAT5E or CAT6 type. After spending days in cable changes, the connection speed now is up to 1000MBps, but actual network throughput didn't improve much, due to old hardware, especially connection to RAID5 configured network drive. This stupid upgrading thing doesn't stop at meager $20 buck, will cost thousands, before I can realize the benefit of higher throughputs.

Are you sure you have a gigabit-capable NIC?

A scary review of customer service on newegg [newegg.com]:

Quote : When i realized that 4 of the ports had completely died about a month ago I contacted support to file a claim under their 3 year warranty. It took them a week to get back to me and they told me this device only has a 30 day warranty. I then directed them to new eggs page for their device and a week later they acknowledged the warranty and said I would need to ship the device to them to have it diagnosed to determine if it was under warranty but I would have to pay shipping both ways which costs more than the device does and on top of that it would take 6 to 12 weeks to get the device back to me and when I received it back there would be a letter indicating whether or not it was repaired under warranty.

Newegg indicates 3 year warranty, BHP indicates 5 year warranty.

Quote from chankmcstank : Are you sure you have a gigabit-capable NIC?

My broken English make it difficult to convey my point, I understand....

This switch works fine as advertised. To really leap the benefit of higher networking speed, you need to think about all your connected hardware, not just a switch; switch is just one device out of many.

Quote from heyya1961 : My broken English make it difficult to convey my point, I understand.... This switch works fine as advertised. To really leap the benefit of higher networking speed, you need to think about all your connected hardware, not just a switch; switch is just one device out of many.

A NIC is a network interface card. It's the computer side of networking hardware.

Got one of these from Amazon, powered on and lasted 5 minutes until all network lights dropped out. Powered off and back on, now none of the ports sense a cable connected.

Have about 20 of these in various offices I run, as well as at home. They work great, although one just died but that may have been due to the fact that I dropped it... I'm a consummate professional when it comes to killing equipment by dropping it...

Just did some network reorganizing in my house and was looking yesterday to see if this deal was alive. Thanks!

Thanks, i decided i wanted one of these and was waiting for a deal.

a solid device with a metal case that gets great reviews. I dont think anyone can go wrong with this (as long as you need one. )