Topic: Ethernet 5 port switch

[BrianL]

2-3 Questions on 5 port switch ethernet switch box.

1.  Does the 5 port switch draw power?  Or is the power only on when a head unit is powered up?

2.  There are 2 versions of the ethernet 5 port switch box.  One can be updated?  Evidently there's a 2nd version, which I don't have the model# of (AS ETH 5PXG???).  What is updateable that would be beneficial?
 
I currently have 1198, 798ci Hd SI, an 1198 external gps receiver, 2 transducers, and I'm at version 6.74 software.

Thanks,
Brian

[Humminbird_Greg]

Good questions Brian.

1. The 5-Port Ethernet Switch is always on if it is connected to power.  It has its own power connection.  If it were my boat I would have the ability to switch the power to it off somehow.

2. The newer AS-ETH-5PXG can be updated (through the unit software).  There is no benefit to it today but only because there has been no software updates for it yet.

[a_t_russell]

So it sounds like the AS-ETH-5PXG ethernet switch is the way to go, but does anyone know where to get a hold of one?