4-8 port 100baseTX switches have become commodity-cheap in the past couple of years.

Bear in mind that the empeg only has 10baseT ethernet capabilities - any 100baseTX hub or switch should be more than capable.
That being said, I retired a DLink switch because of general flakiness, it would sometimes just cut out completely. I replaced it with a Netgear, which appears to be very solid, both physically and performance-wise. (Runs warm though - needs space/ventilation)