Refurb. LINKSYS SE1500-RM 10/100Mbps 5-Port Fast Ethernet Switch - $2.99 AR Shipped @ Newegg.com
 

Hey guys,

I didn't see this posted, so I thought I'd share.

Refurb. LINKSYS SE1500-RM 10/100Mbps 5-Port Fast Ethernet Switch - $2.99 AR Shipped @ Newegg.com
LINK [newegg.com]

Item Price: $12.99
$10 Mail-In Rebate [newegg.com]
AR Cost: $2.99

FREE Shipping

Limit 1 Per Household

Rebate is valid from 03/05/13 to 03/11/13.

5-port Linksys SE1500 10/100 Ethernet Switch (Refurbished) $3 after $10 rebate + Free Shipping
 

Newegg.com has 5-port Linksys SE1500 10/100Mbps Ethernet Switch (Refurbished) for $12.99 - $10 rebate = $2.99. Shipping is free. Thanks TDMVP73

Another one to add to the pile and make good use of that 10% V.me coupon! Thanks :)

can someone tell me why I need this?

You don't. Buy it anyways.

Hrmm I think I will wait and see if they bring it down to FAR. Thanks OP

If I understand correctly, each port on a switch can communicate both ways with any other port on the switch itself? (Like create a LAN?)

Still new to advanced level networking,
FS

Yes, you are correct. However, that is not advanced level networking. Cisco is advanced level networking, everything else is just a toy.

Will give this a try and see if it works better than a Cisco broadband router that drops
the connection every so often :(

Thanks, OP

Variable length subnetting is a joy!

Wildcard masks FTW

Needed an ethernet switch to address a wireless dead spot in my house that happens to be where my computer and Xbox are setup. :-/

Thanks!

linksys just plain sucks nowadays, cicso even wanted to sell of the arm and stick to business items only. But for 2.99 you cant go wrong. If it works it works, if it doesnt well then well worth it to spend 2.99 to prove how crappy they are.

And I dont need this. Damn. Still buying though.

So what are the pros of getting a gigabit switch rather than this one?

umm... gigabit speeds :lmao:

Wider bottleneck. Gigabit can handle much higher bandwidth.

I hope you mean to hook up another router that has wireless - from what I can see I think this one is hardwire only

Yeah, I'll run some CAT5 to the dead spot, I would just like to run one cord for the desktop, Xbox, and PS3 rather than three.

This is kind of obsolete...seems if company should pay customers to keep this, not the other way around.

This is a SWITCH, not a ROUTER.

A switch can't make you share a modem (well, not in the way you would want).

A router has one special port that plugs into your modem, and then shares that connection with all the other ports. You can expand how many of these "other ports" you have by using a switch and plugging that into your router. But the logic that makes it possible to share the modem connection (called NAT, or IP-Masquerading) is inside a router.

Thanks for the clarification. Any suggestions for an inexpensive wired router or a wireless that can have the wireless turned off?

I will be able to use the switch in the future because the router is full.:D

So, if I have no available ports left on my current router, this will give me extra ports if I attach it???

Yes..

Don't even waste your money. No gigabit....

$3.39 delivered to my door AR and no HDMI either :)

Thanks. Got one and the obi202 with the wifi adapter, which is on sale with a promo code. All for $81/AR and Vme..

Oh, about 10X faster.

If I use this to switch ethernet ports on my living room devices, will it be fast enough to game on Xbox Live? That's all I need.

I don't see why it wouldn't.

No token ring ports.

Don't see this as a good deal. They had the new asus 5 port green switches FAR a few months back. Already got 2 of them. So why buy non green switches not FAR and refurbished?

you switch will only run as fast as the lowest device on the LAN. For example if one PC is running 100mb, just putting a gigabit switch is not going to get you gig, you will still be getting 100mb. :D

I agree. This switch is practically useless for me. Every PC/laptop I own at home has a built in gb network card. Transfer speeds will suffer if you use this switch to transfer large files such as movies, music, software, etc.

First off the switch is a refurb. That is a crap shoot. I have had plenty of bad experiences with refurbished network equipment that I stay away from them.

Second it comes to $3 after the rebate. So essentially you will be paying $13 up front and have to wait for the rebate card to come in.

I wouldn't even bother with this useless outdated switch when brand new GB switches routinely show up here for less than $20. Don't waste your time or money on this folks. Eventually you will end up having to replace it with something more up to date.

Thank you OP. Now lets see if I can actually remember to do the rebate this time!

great nice looking paperweight, unless people are addicted to wiring cables.

Dear every tech manufacturer in the world: Stop making 10/100 routers and switches. Just stop it. That is all.

I wonder if its worth paying $3 for a refurbished model with a mail-in rebate instead of buying a new one. Hmmmm.

Sent from the official Slickdeals App for iPhone & iPod Touch.

If all of your devices almost exclusively just talk to the outside world, then 10/100 is probably just fine. That's probably going to be faster than almost all of you get from your internet connection. the slowdown will not be the router.

If you do a lot of computer-to-computer transfers, live streaming movie files, big data backups that just need to happen 'now'... well, then 10/100 is probably still fast enough for you, but sure, gigabit will probably be faster.

Last, if most of your connections are wireless, then 10/100 will probably still be fine, internal or external. because wireless g (which most of us still have sitting around) is max 54Mbit (22avg), and even wireless n is in practice typically only just over 100 (although ideal conditions may get you up to 600, I have yet to see over 100, 50's more typical)

Rebates are a pain

No reason to buy this, spend a little more for a wifi router. Nowadays, wifi router can handle very high bandwidth unlike the past.

Because that deal is no longer alive and this one is?

umm what??? :confused:

So basically you are saying that if I have 4x gigabit computers and a 100mb computer all on the same network they would all be bottlenecked down to 100mb...

Yeah thats not how it works at all.


edit: also why do these companies make these networking devices with rounded tops. Not stackable friendly at all.

I would like to replace the hulk sized 16 port switch in my living room audio rack, but 5 ports (4 + uplink) won't cut it. So the big blue linksys 16 port stays.

An 8 port would be plenty. Show me an 8 port decent brand switch (linksys/dlink/netgear ... not asus, jizbotel, etc) for under $5 and I will consider. My huge 16 port honker is an eyesore but it works.

to those dissing this deal: this deal is a great oppotunity for those who have run out of ethernet ports on their router and looking to expand with this "switch" for devices only communicating outside to the internet. Its really not bad, I bought this same model refurbished for 10 bucks on Amazon and I was happy.

p.s. What happened to muh gigabit muh giga what? my 4k hdmi gold platinum monster cables? I wanna name my son giga so he could be on the newspaper and make his own company with overpriced cables and peripherals.

You don't. 10/100 is antique. :)

got 1, thanks op
was debating purchasing but still waiting for an 8 port gb/ for 10 or less, but this will do in the meantime :P
plus used the visa me code for a 1.30 discount :)
and since most of my pc's still use 10/100 :( this will do until updating

Here is to more newegg pc hardware museum sale :P
hopefully a few PCI Gb Ethernet cards :D

Some people gotta understand what gigabit really is. If you're running a NAS server, home media sharing, sharing files over LAN, run a big business etc then of course gigabit is a thousand times better.

However, I think most people think getting gigabit is gonna make web pages load faster or downloads to be faster. Your ISP is the bottleneck for most of these services people. chances are if you want to know what gigabit is & think you need gigabit you actually probably dont. youre not gonna get over 100mbps with any residential internet service. Not even close.

People make such a big freaking deal over gigabit but its because we are intelligent futuristic geeks. these people are not amd probably dont live in Kansas City either. So if you're just connecting and downloading off the Internet (and your not in Kansas City a la google fiber ) and you don't transfer files over a home network, you don't need gigabit (yet. And probably for a while).

Plain and simple

Gigabit is pretty cheap these days though. I think it's worth the money in most cases to spend a little more to go gigabit.... you never know when something comes up and you find yourself wishing you had spent the extra few bucks.

Plus the rebate is a hassle and a risk.

Or you can take a wireless router and turn it into a wireless bridge to expand your wi-fi coverage. Not that I am against wired networks, they are the best to go with when you do HD streaming...

Comcast residential is typically like 15 mbps, so yea, 100 mbps leaves plenty of unused capacity, and gigabit is pointless for most people. Even if you steam media from a wired pc to another wired device via gigabit, 100 mbps is plenty unless you are like streaming blurays that you haven't re-encoded or certain HDTV recording formats.

I just re-config my old 10/100 routers to be switches. The current one I'm using had the wireless break on it, so I just use it as a wired switch.

Not everyone just plays solitaire on their computer. Some actually use computers for things that require reliable high speed connection to other equipment in their house. No wi-fi can provide reliable connection that does not lose packets, which is fine for solitaire or checking on emails from grandma.

Exactly my point. So many people on here see Gigabit and they flip just because we talk about it all the time and in all honesty, those lurkers/less knowledgable who buy it just because of the gigabit name probably won't ever actually use it.

Yep, most home users wouldn't tell a difference. Personally though I wouldn't want any wired networks that are slower than wireless (n). :)

Do you know why we can't use channel >44 or <149 on 5ghz, and channel 13 on 2.4ghz?

WE can't, other people can. Limitation is imposed by the FCC. If you "tell" your router that you are in Japan for example, you can use more channels. But, you may cause problems with the FCC.

Wired is the way to go if you need speed and reliability. Wi-Fi is mostly good for light use, or when the end user machine can physically see the router (line of sight) for maximum performance. Put walls or distance between and you significantly reduce the quality of signal.

As long as you can match colored wires, i.e. do not suffer from daltonism, anyone can run low voltage Cat5, Cat5e, or Cat6 wire, no special license to required to wire your own domicile.

Speaking of speeds, same people who will cry that they absolutely have to have gigabit router/switch, will also cry that they ABSOLUTELY have to have Cat6 wire. Cat5e easily supports gigabit for distances usually not encountered in an average American home (300 feet).

My wireless deadspot just happened to be where my mother-in-law sleeps in my house. It went away the day she died. The hardest part was keeping a straight face while carrying her coffin to her grave. I was so happy. I could finally resume making love to my wife again without someone in the next room yelling "Whats going on in there ??!!" and me and my wife having to pretend we are doing nothing. :bounce:

..............

??????????????????????????????

I guess you don't get what I was implying?

10/100 but good enough for a lot of people

Who does NOT use 1000mbps switch nowadays?

Sent the rebate form 12 days ago. Their website is still showing that they are waiting for the submission. Are they really this slow?

In the same situation here. What was the address that was supplied by the rebate form?

Gave them a call and was told it takes 2 weeks for them to go through received mails. Will check again next week.

2 weeks?

Yeah right... I would say at least 5 weeks before you see any activity.

With all the rebates I have done the first "mail received" update has been quick. Apparently NeweggRebates fails on this one.

OK now it shows they have received it.

"Your submission has been received, and is waiting for processing."

my rebate was invalid. "wrong upc" i cut out the upc under the switch.. iam sure that was the only upc. can i ask you which upc did you send?

I am only sure that I didn't cut any UPC on the switch itself.

you are right. i didn't get the original box with the UPC.haven't done rebate for long time..little rusty. dmmm..newegg. long story short. i ended up, im paying full price this dinosaur.

thanks for your respond.

Now that you mentioned "original box" I didn't actually get it in a shiny, retail box either. It was in plain box with only UPC sticker on it.