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Yes!
A friend gave me an old Netgear 10-100 8 port switch years ago when the company he worked for bought all new rack mounted Gigabit switches. They were going to just trash them so it was free to me.
It has worked fine for my needs. I had my computer plugged straight into the router so it had full Gigabit but the DVR and the video cameras and printer just had to put up with 10-100, which is plenty fast. Then I added the second computer here. The second computer was on the slower network and when copying some of the monster files between the systems it was not full speed.
I ordered a new switch that is the same 8 ports, but much smaller. The power supply is 1/4 or maybe 1/5 of the size of the old power supply. The old Netgear ran HOT. It was uncomfortable to touch so it was wasting a lot of electricity.
The new one is TP-Link and total plug and play. I hope it is as bulletproof as the Netgear one has been. It is OLD. I will keep it just in case I need a backup.
The computers are full Gigabit, the cameras are still just 10-100 but they are just surveillance cameras.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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