Thanks, this looks good

If you want to rackmount the switch, choose your switch before you commit to buying a cabinet - patch panels are not very deep, but switches...

I was going to say last night, I really don't agree with the model of high-spec cable, then low-spec switches. Cat5e will cope with gigabit fine, but if you throttle it with a dumb switch, and then compound it by cascading them...

Probably over the top for your needs, but I thought this was good value. 16-port full-managed switch with fibre interface for less than £100?

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/197571

Or Netgear Prosafe, a cut above the dirt-cheap switches,

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/47407 - 8 port unmanaged.
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/62292 - 16 port unmanaged.

These would be more suitable for the compact cabinet you linked to, although they aren't rackmount you can put it in the base of the cab or put a small shelf in.

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If you want to rackmount the switch, choose your switch before you commit to buying a cabinet - patch panels are not very deep, but switches...

I have a compact 8 port Netgear gigabit switch which I plan to use for now until I need more ports so space shouldn't be an issue, but I'll bear in mind your point about the depth.

Thanks agin for your continued wise advice.

I'd probably go for something like this instead of messing about with netgear

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I'd probably go for something like this instead of messing about with netgear

Nice piece of kit but way over the top for my home network

Good kit, got it's big bro in my cab in the garage

Got hundreds of HP switches in the racks at work and can count on one hand the number of failures.

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Got hundreds of HP switches in the racks at work

In reply to a post by Rockh:

Got it's big bro in my cab in the garage

Are the two related by any chance?

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In reply to a post by Rockh:

Got hundreds of HP switches in the racks at work

In reply to a post by Rockh:

Got it's big bro in my cab in the garage

Are the two related by any chance?

Brothers...

Sisters, they both occasionally have "moods"

Maybe