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    Default Which switch ?

    Hi all,

    I want to buy a switch that will allow me to connect,

    Dlink router,
    emachine computer - desktop
    WD Media player
    friends laptop occasionally,

    I have limited funds and space, can anyone here please advise, recommend or even supply a suitable unit?

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    TP Link Giga switch
    If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!

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    Your WD Mediaplayer and your mates laptop most likely would be able to connect via WIFI (wireless) which your current DLINK router might already be capable of? check model number
    failing that, any network switch should do the job for you
    here are some cheap ones >


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    I'm with Oceanboy - is the way to go, TP Link are quite cheap but Gigabit will give you the speed and reliability.
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    I found one un-opened in my store room the other day.... Its bad enough we all buy so much I.T. crap, but its really bad when you start buying things and not even using them or remembering you bought them.
    If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!

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    Hi all,

    Thank you OB, I bought it from Officeworks and it arrived about an hour ago.

    I want to SCREAM not enough lan cables I must have given all mine away and the switch does not come with a single one SHIT, POO, BUM BITCH ....


    Quote Originally Posted by oceanboy View Post
    TP Link Giga switch
    Luv and Kisses from Austech's stupid drunk

    PS when you look at Officeworks web site the switch does not have a description of product contents ... that's my excuse anyway
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    What switch does come with them???

    (Any good Austech member should have 3 cardboard boxes full of old AV leads, HDMI leads and a spaghetti size clump of various LAN cables of different colours and lengths)
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    Quote Originally Posted by oceanboy View Post
    What switch does come with them???

    (Any good Austech member should have 3 cardboard boxes full of old AV leads, HDMI leads and a spaghetti size clump of various LAN cables of different colours and lengths)
    @OB

    In a previous life I had a double garage full of cables, hard drives, you name it, I also had a house, boat etc....

    Now I have one room in housing, all you need is a marriage failure, health probs, and no continuance in job contract due to lack of funding (University) all at the same time ...... BOO FVCKING HOO .... my sob story .... and, also, if you are as lucky as me, then you loose all your super in paying off family debts.

    Hi Ho, Hi Ho, to penury I go, from (Walt Disney, Snow White)

    I still luv U all, Shit happens !!!
    Buy cheap and pay often, - there is no substitute for stupidity.

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    Education is the only sure cure for religion

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    And you can still afford alcohol
    If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!

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