I did a little ebaying today and purchased myself a new switch for the home network. I decided it was time to upgrade to a managed layer 2 switch. I will now be able to setup my monitoring gear properly and can retire the inline hub/tap. So what did I get? I picked up an Allied Telesyn AT8000S/16 for $68 with free shipping. woot.

Specs can be nit-picked over below …