OKay, my switch has been installed. I can't really test to see if speed has improved, because I currently have one computer on the network (the rest were taken home by roommates for the summer). But it was a simple task to remove the hub and simply put the switch in its place. I was right that the hub was only 10base-T, so that probably explains why it took forever for my roomate to transfer files to my computer.

Anyway, the reason I'm posting is because even though the unit is running, it sounds like there's a jet engine in my closet. I can't believe how loud it is! I've never had a desktop cumputer run this loudly. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can quiet this thing down? I'm going to open the second one up in a few moments (I only put one in because I only have about 8 lines in my house, so 24 ports were enough ).