Pros: Small, cheap, reliable. Cons: Rubber feet don't allow "locked stacking" with other D-Link devices of different sizes.
Earlier today, my venerable 8-port SMC EZ-Stack 5208DS 10/100 switch decided to throw a bearing in the fan and release all of its magic smoke. (Electronic equipment relies on magic smoke to function - this is provable by the fact that the equipment ...
Pros: Easy to set up, multiplies bandwidth, inexpensive Cons: only 5 ports
Actually, nobody's sniffing anything... especially not now.
To be fair to my teen-age sons, they have never to my knowledge really sniffed my packets. To them, I'm sure Mom's data is waaaaaay too boring to even bother with firing up...
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