NETGEAR GS108 ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch
Sunday, 18. October 2009. 02:35
- Eight auto-sensing 10/100/1000 ports, makes it simple to combine Fast Ethernet and Gigabit devices in your network
- Plug-and-play installation delivers ease of use
- NETGEAR Green features provide energy savings
- LEDs make it easy to monitor link, speed, and activity
- Supports Windows and Macintosh platforms
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October 18th, 2009 at 4:49 am
Running 6 PC’s, 2 laptops, X-box, phone, printer. T-1 connection with Cat-6 cables using a D-Link DCM-200 Cable Modem.
We couldn’t install this the first time because I wanted to put it as the initial entry to our network and piggyback our Linksys router to the Ethernet switch. When we did that, the network didn’t see the Internet.
Tech support was helpful (you get 90 days of phone support for free). I was told that the router would have to come first and then the switch. Our router is only 10/100 so I was concerned about having wasted my money to buy a 10/100/1000 switch that was going to have to go thorugh a 10/100 router.
Even though I have done 5-8 computer home LANs for years, I didn’t really get switches. I thought they were configured, like routers, first of all. Really, they just turn on and that’s it. That’s why the installation directions are like nothing!
Meanwhile: I call Tech Support. The off-shore tech guy assured me that the 10/100/1000 would adapt to the 10/100 router input and increase the signal speed to the capability of whatever network cards we have in our computers.
—> He was right. Any computer with a gig network card gets gig transfer rates.
We’ve had the switch about a month. I am a web designer and don’t notice too much difference but our sons’ game ping went from the 40’s-60’s into the low 20’s.
We have had such an increase in speed that our cable was not delivering even service (my husband and I didn’t notice but Warcraft showed it).
Our older son called Comcast and they sent someone out. The technician said that our new configuration, specifically the switch, was demanding more than that coaxial cable could handle.
Since we pay for the T1 service, he said he would make sure we got that speed. He ran a new line that is dedicated (doesn’t share the TV any more) and is a heavier gauge (correct terminology?) so that we can make full use of our T1 and our new switch.
Want to know if this switch really makes a difference? The boys’ pings are in the single digits now.
Rating: 5 / 5
October 18th, 2009 at 6:18 am
Great construction, its nice and heavy, but I hardly get over 100 megabits, and no where near the speeds I get when I just wire my machines directly together. I’m not completely certain if mine is bad, or they’re just poor in general, but with my experience, I would not recommend this.
Rating: 2 / 5
October 18th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Was defective out of the box and I don’t have a receipt so they will not honor the warranty.
Rating: 1 / 5
October 18th, 2009 at 9:58 am
I plugged it in and it just works on my network (all Vista machines). No issues. Does the job you expect. This is what I expect of a networking appliance.
Rating: 5 / 5
October 18th, 2009 at 11:57 am
I like the solid case of this switch.
I do not like that the ports are on the front – if you are like me and want to mount this under a shelf… 1) everything is upside-down and 2) the cables have to come from the front and wrap back around.
I would like to see the ports on the back and a removable faceplate where you could swap it depending on your you are going to mount it.
Also, when mounting under a shelf, there are no feet to create a space for heat.
Rating: 4 / 5