Hi Hifi_swlon,
Though the SG-200 isn't enterprise level but rather small business/SOHO I agree with your view on the use of Cisco stuff at home. These need to be configured properly to allow multicast traffic needed for uPnP/HQplayer's NAA, zeroconf/Bonjour (for Airplay) and similar protocols. A simple unmanaged switch or smart/plus semi-managed switch in most cases/for most people suffices. Unless you know you need functionality these type of switches don't offer. I myself too currently use Netgear (Prosafe Gigabit Plus GS108Ev3) switches, they're cheap and solid and do what I need them to do which is little but forwarding packets.
With the Romaz tweak you could still use multiple end-points but instead of connecting all your endpoints to one or more switches you'll connect one to a dedicated, second NIC (network interface controller) on your music server. All other endpoints still remain available through the first, primary NIC.
I'm fairly sure you're confusing Romaz with that rb2013 nutcase! He was the guy on head-fi who advocated the use of the Rednet stuff but he is back to USB now. Romaz did try Rednet but found it to perform not as well.
Though the SG-200 isn't enterprise level but rather small business/SOHO I agree with your view on the use of Cisco stuff at home. These need to be configured properly to allow multicast traffic needed for uPnP/HQplayer's NAA, zeroconf/Bonjour (for Airplay) and similar protocols. A simple unmanaged switch or smart/plus semi-managed switch in most cases/for most people suffices. Unless you know you need functionality these type of switches don't offer. I myself too currently use Netgear (Prosafe Gigabit Plus GS108Ev3) switches, they're cheap and solid and do what I need them to do which is little but forwarding packets.
With the Romaz tweak you could still use multiple end-points but instead of connecting all your endpoints to one or more switches you'll connect one to a dedicated, second NIC (network interface controller) on your music server. All other endpoints still remain available through the first, primary NIC.
I'm fairly sure you're confusing Romaz with that rb2013 nutcase! He was the guy on head-fi who advocated the use of the Rednet stuff but he is back to USB now. Romaz did try Rednet but found it to perform not as well.
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