WEBVTT 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:07.040 so the first question you might ask me about this unboxing is lonus why are you 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:12.480 unboxing a network switch could there possibly be anything more boring to do 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:17.279 an unboxing video of and the answer that I might give you is a yes there is 00:00:15.719 --> 00:00:22.400 something that could possibly be more boring to do an unboxing about and I'm 00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:28.199 actually going to do one about this hard drive okay so so yes there could be 00:00:25.720 --> 00:00:31.519 something more more boring and the other question of why am I doing an un boxing 00:00:30.240 --> 00:00:35.920 of a network switch actually I don't know if I ever posed that question but 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:40.879 uh why am I doing this is because this is a green network switch so green Net 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:45.039 Technology reduces power consumption by up to 70% how does it do that well one 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:50.160 of the ways it does that is it uses energy efficient Parts okay so this is a 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:52.199 trend net te s8g it's an eight Port 00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:56.760 switch one of the other ways it does it is even if you have only two ports 00:00:55.199 --> 00:01:01.079 plugged into an older switch it's actually going to be powering all of the 00:00:58.239 --> 00:01:05.159 ports this guy as part of their green initiative does not even send power to 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:09.640 the ports that are not being used or sends very very very little so you can 00:01:07.240 --> 00:01:12.880 reduce power consumption that way by not actually powering the ports that aren't 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:16.360 being used you can build a high performance energy efficient gigabit 00:01:14.320 --> 00:01:19.479 Network in minutes probably less than minutes probably about a minute if all 00:01:17.960 --> 00:01:23.799 the computers are close together and you can like unplug your old switch and then 00:01:21.360 --> 00:01:28.560 plug in all the other ones quickly uh it has a sturdy metal construction with 00:01:26.240 --> 00:01:32.040 plug-and-play installation and it is powered by an energy star qualified 00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:36.040 adapter for a better environment very nice okay so aha delivers less power to 00:01:34.759 --> 00:01:40.600 unused ports they're going to explain it all for me delivers less power when 00:01:38.399 --> 00:01:45.880 devices are off hey so if that computer's off it delivers less power 00:01:43.479 --> 00:01:50.159 and delivers less power with shorter cable length look at that so if you have 00:01:47.880 --> 00:01:53.399 a shorter cable length it will just deliver less power and if you have a 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:59.280 longer one hey it can deliver more power too whereas a regular switch will give 00:01:55.640 --> 00:02:01.759 full power to every cable length that 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:05.640 you have attached to it so that is what Green net is all about let's take this 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:09.640 guy out and have a quick look at it I mean Trend net has a pretty good 00:02:06.960 --> 00:02:13.720 reputation for switches so you can rest pretty much assur the performance is 00:02:11.239 --> 00:02:16.200 going to be good and there's not much to worry about as far as that goes comes 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:20.720 with four little rubber feet that you can install on the switch should you so 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:27.879 desire here is your energy star qualified AC todc 00:02:24.160 --> 00:02:30.519 adapter okay it is made by leader 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:36.560 Electronics Inc and it is capable of providing 1 amp at 7.5 Vols so there you 00:02:34.640 --> 00:02:40.519 go here's a quick installation guide that probably shows you something along 00:02:37.720 --> 00:02:43.720 the lines of how to plug a power plug in and how to plug an Ethernet cable in so 00:02:42.519 --> 00:02:48.280 I don't think they're too interested in that and then we'll have a look at the 00:02:46.760 --> 00:02:51.959 switch itself up so it's quite heavy because it does have a a metal casing I 00:02:50.440 --> 00:02:58.040 really like the look of trend Net's new products I don't know if you remember their goofy old uh blue plastic ones but 00:02:56.560 --> 00:03:02.920 these look much better you got a nice little green stripe so that indicates 00:02:59.959 --> 00:03:06.480 Ates a green product from trenet regardless of what kind of casing it's 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:11.040 using if it's got that green then you know it is a green networking product 00:03:08.760 --> 00:03:16.000 well here is the gigabit switch model number here is the power indicator here 00:03:13.480 --> 00:03:20.040 is the link indicator for all of the ports on the back as well as an 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:26.760 indicator light to show you just what speed they are connected at so if they 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:28.480 use the standard scheme it's probably oh 00:03:26.760 --> 00:03:35.319 I'm just guessing here but it's probably green for fasty EET and orange for gabit 00:03:32.519 --> 00:03:38.920 Ethernet and I really hope that's right here's the overall specs by the way 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:54.400 guys okay I hope that was interesting all right then we have some a wall 00:03:52.200 --> 00:03:57.879 mounting thing down here at the bottom then we have some ventilation holes on 00:03:56.120 --> 00:04:00.280 the side some ventilation holes on the other side and the business end of 00:03:59.519 --> 00:04:07.480 things so we have 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 gbit Ethernet 00:04:04.079 --> 00:04:09.599 ports 1 DC power in and that pretty much 00:04:07.480 --> 00:04:15.560 covers it thank you for checking out my unboxing of the 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:17.280 te s8g Green net switch from trenet 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:21.320 don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and 00:04:18.840 --> 00:04:26.280 other equally fascinating 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