More cool networking gear
Right now, my home ‘net has a Linksys RV042 firewall/router:

backed by an 8-port SMC switch that I quite like:

I’m happy with both, and today found that Linksys has updated the RV042 to the RV4000 (product link), which updates the ports from 10/100 to gigabit:
With jumbo frames! (Read this page to see why you should care about ‘em.)
Very nice. Solid router/VPN plus 4-port gigabit, one less device to deal with. Hmm. Right now I have more ports in use:
- VoIP hardware phone (Grandstream BudgeTone 102)
- SIP <-> analog bridge (Sipura/Linksys 3102)
- Debian server
- Printer
- Wireless AP
- Network camera
- Router uplink
- Open
Hmm. Not easy to drop four of those, so maybe I’ll have to wait for the 8-port version. If you need 4 or fewer ports, the RVS4000 looks most excellent.

