What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
The port status tab reveals the status of each port. For example, port 1, shows the port status being up or down, if the speed is set to auto or half duplex mode? Along with the link speed and flow control represented in metrics. Loop detection can be... Read More
Cons
It needs to be configured with a different fixed ip address to connect to the router. Its ports seem to go to sleep after a while and take a long time to wake up. It also keeps deciding to change to a class c address even though my dhcp server assigns... Read More
Netgear's support is atrocious. What a piece of junk. It's a shame that netgear don't make the limitations clear.
Highlights
Quality
Excellent build quality with the metal casing as apposed to plastic.
Along with the link speed and flow control represented in metrics.
Had problems with the non managed version not holding a 1gig connection (often dropped to 100meg even on a 1gig line).
The second issue with the unit i received is that the included power supply whines however this isn't so much of an issue if yo... Read More
Packaging/appearance
Just going through the switch's web gui there are options for loop detection, port status, basic port statistics (bytes receive... Read More
Simple, small hide away unit, and worked straight out of the box.
Competitiveness
The netgear gs108 fixed the network issue i was having.
I ran a lot of cat6 for my gaming area and instead of taking up all the ports on my router i wired everything into my netgear.
The prosafe routers seem to go on forever.
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- This product had a total of 6,138 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 30 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You need a power source close to where you put this which is a shame
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Had problems with the non managed version not holding a 1gig connection often dropped to 100meg even on a 1gig line
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you dont need any of these you might find a cheaper unmanaged switch is fine for you but qos might be worth playing around with
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In short you can limit how much a device can pull from the network so if your connection is suffering because someone in the house is downloaded or streaming too much you can put a cap on this
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Be aware though its not got dhcp built in so if youre buying it for vlans youll need a dhcp server too
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My only criricism is the led lights are too bright so dont use it in your bedroom
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have used black insulating tape to dimm them but not very successfully
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The gs108ev3 is of similar build quality i
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