Teardown: Planex (PCi) 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch (FXG-081MV)

As much as I like to go thrifting from time to time, often my local thrift shops know nothing about technology and either don’t have technology for sale at all, or they end up mispricing them so badly that I couldn’t really swallow paying the price for it. As I’ve recently been diving for optical discs in Japan, I decided to expand my thrifting net to buy random products from Japan, especially as I would have to pay the commission/shipping overhead anyway, so I might as well grab a few extra items at a few dollars each. This would give me a chance to feature and tear-down some different products, safe in the knowledge that Japanese second-hand items are often first-rate and can come “as new” sometimes. This post looks at an 8-port Gigabit switch that cost me ~AU$6 (the minimum price on Suruga-ya’s international shop) on top of my order. Perhaps there’s something interesting about this one … Unboxing The brand is an interesting one, as the full name is Planex Communications Inc, with…