Basic switch....should I upgrade?

Hi rsf507,

I own the Silent AngelBonn 8 switch.  It replaced my Netgear switch, which was operating properly.  I power the Bonn 8 with my HDPLEX LPS.  I bought the HDPLEX for my Nucleus+, and had a spare output so it was a no brainer to power the switch as well.  Is it better than the Netgear?  I think so.  My system sounds amazing to me and I am willing to go this far to improve my digital front end.

I added all Supra Cat 8 cables to and from Modem, switch and Nucleus. I do have a generic 35' run to my audio room downstairs, but then use Supra again into and out of my EtherRegen and into my streamer.

I use an ifi Powerbar to for all the computer equipment with iFi power cord.  And of course the computer equipment is in another room on another circuit.

None of these tweeks cost a fortune, and I believe each adds.  If some think otherwise Oh well!  :)

I have a cisco 2960G but haven't tried to put it into the system yet.  The Cisco setup instructions are a foreign language to me.  How do you set one up?  Can somebody provide guidance?

Thanks, and happy 4th weekend!

@jerrybj not my opinion, facts. You don’t have to take that into consideration, for sure, but do not call my knowledge opinions. That is offensive when you make up stuff to do that is in the manual for every Ethernet based device NOT to do. 

@fastfreight as I am sure you are aware, Cat8 has better shielding than Cat6/a, so if you are worried about interference, good choice. just don’t attach batteries to them to try and introduce interference! :)

@car123 there is no real setting up of a switch (it will sense data flow). If you have the 8 port you just connect the existing lan side cable (going back to your main internet/network/router) to the port on the right by the sfp port (port 8). Then connect your other devices to ports 1-7 (computer, streamer, etc)