I've had some netlink and trend gigabit switches, but only 8 ports each, and one inbound linking to the router, so only 14 hard wired places to attach. Printers, computers, WAPs, Blitzortung and TOA lightning sniffers, stuff like that.
Now I need a few more, and went looking for a reasonable 16 port to replace one of them with so I don't stack them more than one deep.
I really don't like the RJ45s on the front, but finding a 16 with jacks on back is tough. I found one TREND but it is both white (I guess it doesn't matter) and plastic case (which I'd like to avoid).
So the question is, is a plastic case all that bad, while trying to keep the electrical noise down as much as possible?
And anyone know of a quality switch that has the jacks on the back? I guess if I were a systems guy and fiddling with the panels all the time, having the rat's nest of wires in front is a sign of accomplishment, not a sign of the mess. But so far the switches I have do have the jacks on the back and it just seems a wee bit prettier.
Thoughts? Dale