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Network upgrade! (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by B0797S458W@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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So, not quite an upgrade, but I’m very pleased from a nostalgia perspective nonetheless.

I found this beast in a cupboard at work a few months back, but missing its power pack. A few orders from aliexpress later, I finally found a USB (it’s 5v 2A, which is very handy) power cable that fits, and as you can see it still works. I very slowly downloaded a load of updates using it earlier.

The 4 port version of this hub was the very first piece of networking equipment that I ever bought when I was at university, all the way back in 1999. It let my housemates and I play networked Doom, which was pretty cool back then.

Hubs these days are practically useless, except that you can use them for network taps. Not that 10M is going to let you capture much traffic!

This will now live on a shelf somewhere and make me smile whenever I spot it.

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[–] joemysterio86@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I had to stare for a few seconds before my brain processed the image LOL

[–] datahoarderguy70@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I've had he worst experience with Netgear network equipment, I've had more of them die than any other brand, they are garbage IMO, I don't like anything they make.

[–] BaconReceptacle@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I have a netgear hub that I occasionally use for wireshark captures. It simplifies the process a lot.

[–] hannsr@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember my first own switch being a Netgear as well. It was a regular 100mbit switch, but it had the words "ProSafe" on it and was made of metal, so that felt really good... Basically it looked exactly like in your picture.

I think that was also the only piece of Netgear equipment I ever really used 😅. Did they ever change the design?

[–] Xenkath@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My first switch was a 4 or 5 port gigabit model that looked exactly like this back in 2005. Also my last Netgear device.

[–] parkrrrr@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I currently have the 5-port gigabit switch version of this in use in my wiring closet, as I've just moved to a new house and needed a switch to get online for work, but my rack is still in pieces in the garage and I haven't found the box that contains all of my Cisco workgroup switches.

[–] jnew1213@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I have the four-port version of this hub in a box o'switches, somewhere in a closet.

[–] SirLagz@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I still have a 2RU Intel Rackmount hub with a fibre module.

Does it have any use? nope. Does it look cool? Absolutely.

[–] mr_data_lore@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

When did Bell Networks and Netgear have a partnership?

[–] WhatAGoodDoggy@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I think my first hub was in a transparent plastic case.

I reckon I might still have it, but alas I currently live 10000 miles away from the attic the hub might be in.

[–] Random_Brit_@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I worked somewhere where we had an unusual setup on having some IT being dealt with in house, and some being dealt with by an outside IT company with a lot over overlap...

One day the most senior tech from outside firm came to us as I needed to discuss quite a lot of important issues face to face... When he saw one of those hubs, his eyes light up and was almost begging me if he could have that as he wanted to use it for Wireshark.

Was strange as he was a very serious IT pro but happy with an ancient hub for this, while I would instead get small 8 port Cisco managed switches with port mirroring for this purpose.