[Discuss] Old vs new desktop gigabit switches

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

Jerry Natowitz wrote: 
> I have a 10 year old Netgear GS608 switch V3.? I am wondering if a more
> recent switch, a Netgear GS305 ( I don't need 8 ports anymore) or TP-Link
> TL-SG105 would work better for a couple of workstations and a printer?? I'm
> just curious if the hardware/firmware performance has improved, or if it is
> just cheaper.

Flipping through the specs: no, no improvement.

If everything on your network supports jumbo packets, that could slightly
improve performance -- the GS608 supports jumbo packets up to 9000 bytes;
I would try 7000 and 9000. If not, no major significance.

-dsr-