29-Mar-2019, 21:09
I use two HP ProCurve J9085A switches (6 meters apart) linked with Gig copper and vlan trunking between them. My router is a Palo Alto PA-220 firewall (with a Cisco DOCSIS cable modem in front), but nothing is directly connected to the firewall other than the "inside" interface. All layer two is handled by the two switches and a Dlink 505 wireless unit in bridge mode for the Android remotes.
The two switches have each 24 100BASE-T ports, two 1000BASE-T and two SFP slots (that are not used at the moment). The switches are completely silent and fan-less. Roon Core is connected to one switch while the Devialet amp to the other, both on 100Mbps ports. So there is a gigabit link between the switches, but what matters seems to be the ports devices are connected to. Ethernet cables are cheap Cat5 with no shielding.
The two switches have each 24 100BASE-T ports, two 1000BASE-T and two SFP slots (that are not used at the moment). The switches are completely silent and fan-less. Roon Core is connected to one switch while the Devialet amp to the other, both on 100Mbps ports. So there is a gigabit link between the switches, but what matters seems to be the ports devices are connected to. Ethernet cables are cheap Cat5 with no shielding.
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Devialetless!
Roon, ROCK/Audiolense XO/Music on NAS/EtherRegen/RoPieee/USPCB/ISORegen/USPCB/Sound Devices USBPre2/Tannoy GOLD 8
250 Pro CI, MicroRendu(1.4), Mutec MC-3+USB
Devialetless!
Roon, ROCK/Audiolense XO/Music on NAS/EtherRegen/RoPieee/USPCB/ISORegen/USPCB/Sound Devices USBPre2/Tannoy GOLD 8
250 Pro CI, MicroRendu(1.4), Mutec MC-3+USB