This switch has far fewer ports than the cisco 24 port but aside from that, it seems to work out ok. Really appreciate their helpfulness. Simple process to connect to router. Led indicators allow you to easily see how much speed you've got.

It switches real good. Metal case, small power supply, sturdy and dependable. It seems in 2007-2008 there were issues with these switches but they seem pretty ironed out.

Netgear's warranty service requires you to pay for shipping both the return and the refurbished one that they send back to you. Will not repurchase. Do not fall for netgear rebate scam.

Every 5 to 15 minutes the switch simply disconnects everything attached to it. Kept dropping and resetting the connection and few seconds. Another case of the blinking lights of death.

After 2 years of use the capacitors in it blew out and now it's a doorstop. The new ones are these cheap little things with no transformer. This netgear product is very well known for blowing two internal capacitors within 12 mos.

Worst problem is that its method of throttling multiple computers seems to be to dedicate virtually all the bandwidth to the first computer that tries to access the remote nas box. I'm annoyed that i can't change the behavior of the switch and that it...  Read More