Advantages: Looks great, performs well, easily installed
Disadvantages: Gigabit networking is unavoidably expensive

...this to configure the IP Addressing, otherwise you may have to set up IP Addressing manually but it's no hard deal. Note however that with the GS605 you won't obtain gigabit speeds on the network unless each machine is equipped with a gigabit Ethernet card and is then plugged into the switch with a Cat5e or Cat6 Ethernet cable - Cat5 doesn't support gigabit speeds. All of the ports on the GS605 support Auto Uplink so you don't need to worry about what type of Ethernet cable to use, although to conform to standards I used straight-through cabling for all connections to computers. When connected Gigabit devices light up on the switch with a green status indicator and the 100M/10M devices light up with an amber status indicator. The switch operates completely silent and doesn't make that horrid high-pitched whining sound which I have heard on many other... Read review

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Advantages: Reliable, fast, robust
Disadvantages: A bit heavy... but doesn't matter once it's in the rack

...between servers using just one mouse, keyboard and monitor. As with most newer servers, the x445 has Gigabit capability- so you can have transfer rates of up to 1Gbit /sec (1000Mbit/sec) to your core LAN switches if of course the switches are Gigabit-capable and you're using CAT6 wiring (CAT5e transfer rates are only 100Mbit/sec max). Sorry if that just suddenly went extemely techie, but there wasn't really another way of saying it- escept perhaps "It's got a really fast network connector at the back!" Without going into an obscene amount of technical detail, that really is the IBM x445 in a nutshell. Once installed, it works away quite happily and when the users aren't misusing it, it works very quickly indeed. It's a good bit of kit, and if you need something to install a heavy-duty enterprise operating system on, you could do a lot worse... Read review

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Advantages: Good sound
Disadvantages: Nothing spectacular

...Cable is very important when setting up your hifi system, you should always budget at least 10% of the cost of all your hifi cost to spend on cables, without decent quality cables the performace of your system can dramatically suffer. This cable is 16 gauge, the lower the number the thicker the cable, the thicker cable the better. This is made from oxygen free copper of 99.99% purity - as good as it gets with this size of cable. This cable is pretty good value, when I bought this cable last year, it was £20 for the 30 metres. The cable is more than good enough for most standard hifi sytems, but if your speakers allow to be bi wired ( having 2 cables per speaker) it is best to use dedicated bi-wire. I don't use this cable anymore, I use much thicker cable that I bought from Richer sounds. Although my present cable was much more expensive... Read review

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Advantages: Good build quality, brand name
Disadvantages: A bit pricey.

...Okay, so before everyone gets too excited at the prospect of reading a review about a network cable, I'll bring you all back down to Earth and try to convince you why this one is so great... If you've bought computer peripherals before, you will probably be familiar with Belkin, who are particularly well-known for their USB products. Belkin make all sorts of cables, including a variety of ethernet network cables. This is a Cat 5 standard network cable (coloured red, but you can get it in many other colours, including black, grey, yellow, green, blue etc). One of the major problems with network cables is their tendency to snag when bent through a small radius, and because of the way the individual wires are twisted around eachother inside the cable, this can lead to network errors. The Belkin cable claims to be snagless, and whilst I... Read review

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Advantages: Good cable,
Disadvantages: Quite pricey

...Network cables are maybe not the first thing you think of when considering a network but they should be. You can have a super fast router but if your cable isnt up to it, then why bother. Belkin are the standard setters in the network cable world. If you want top quality then you buy belkin. So if your considering sharing an internet connection to play games etc then you really need decent cable. However, if like me you only share your connection for browsing and downloading, then you don't really need this kind of high quality cable. I personally have cable running that I bought for £2.14 for a 15m cable (that includes the connectors on the end). For internet browsing etc this is fine. In conclusion, if you need speed and low ping times then belkin is the way to go. You can even use the snagless cable to allow easier running... Read review

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Advantages: Good Quality
Disadvantages: Over Priced, USB Now Used

...People reading this review might think I've gone mad! He's reviewing a printer cable.. I can hear you saying it now. Well as a matter of fact I have a lot to say about this small cable. A few years ago when I purchased my Lexmark I had a cable like the one above. Unlike the newer USB cables one's like the APC are bigger and a little harder to plugin then USB cables. My rabit decided to chew through the cable, luckly he was ok, but I had to purchase a new printer cable, enter on the scene APC. I looked around for a new cable and found the APC printer cable for around fifteen pounds, a little overpriced but I looked on the back of the packet for more information. The APC cable provides extra protection against data lost, power faults and any other problems you might have. It also works well with home nextworking. I was also happy... Read review

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Advantages: necessity for camera/mp3 phones, allows fast transfer of files to your nokia
Disadvantages: not compatible with older computers and some Nokias

...To transfer files such as images, music, games, applications and more between your nokia phone and a PC you will need a connection between the two. The best ways to do this are through bluetooth, infared or using this data cable. Using this data cable i have put music onto my phone, backed up images onto the psp and much more. Also unless you have a PC or laptop with built in compatable bluetooth or infared the cable is the cheapest method to make a connection with the PC and phone. The data cable works with nokia PC suite and the drivers are included in the PC suite if you cant find them. The downside to this cable is that even though it is for nokia phones it is not for all nokia phones. For example the 6600 phone is not compatible. For this reason you should check Nokia's website for information unless you know you phone works... Read review

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Disadvantages: ---

...DSL and Cable modems are 2 forms of broadband connection systems. Now what exactly is a broadband system. Communication carriers or in simple words wires and cables are of 2 types. 1) Baseband - This is the type of media in which only one signal passes through the media at a time. 2) Broadband - In this type multiple signals can travel through the media at the same time. Cable that carried many channels is the example of this type. So how do you define a broadband in reference to Internet access speed? Anything above 64kbps speed can be classified as broadband. We say 64 because modems can theoretically give speeds in the range of 56 kbps. The main advantages of broadband are that it is always ’’connected”, the speeds are considerably higher and you save a fortune on phone bills. The 2 main types pf broadband... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Breaks Easy

...So you've looked at the strange title and then seen that I'm reviewing a power cable! Now your wondering how I'm going to manage at least 120 words on a power cable. Well it's going to be easy seen as it's a......Dell.... power cable. As fans of my reviews will know( do I have fans) I recently purchased a monitor from Dell. Well along with my monitor I got a basic package to run Office on because I do a lot of downloading and hate to slow the download down. With my computer came a Dell power cable. Ok you can't really call it a Dell power cable but they do supply it so I'l blame them... After unpacking my computer and plugging everything in I turned on the switch and..... well nothing. I checked all the wires and everything was plugged in so yet again I turned on the switch and.... well nothing again. After inspecting the cables... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Breaks Easy

...So you've looked at the strange title and then seen that I'm reviewing a power cable! Now your wondering how I'm going to manage at least 120 words on a power cable. Well it's going to be easy seen as it's a......Dell.... power cable. As fans of my reviews will know( do I have fans) I recently purchased a monitor from Dell. Well along with my monitor I got a basic package to run Office on because I do a lot of downloading and hate to slow the download down. With my computer came a Dell power cable. Ok you can't really call it a Dell power cable but they do supply it so I'l blame them... After unpacking my computer and plugging everything in I turned on the switch and..... well nothing. I checked all the wires and everything was plugged in so yet again I turned on the switch and.... well nothing again. After inspecting the cables... Read review

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