Netgear GS108 Ethernet Switch

It Just Works!

Strengths: Silent operation; decent enough ports; compact design; lifetime warranty

Weakness: Should have nine ports

First off, note that the actual product is different than the piture. Netgear has updated the swith, so it is more compact. It basically has just the ethernet ports, and the status lights. The lights are fairly close together, so seeing what is going on (link activity) is kind of hard. I love the fact that it is fanless, as the previous Netgear 24-port that I had sounded like a jet engine, so I...
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First off, note that the actual product is different than the piture. Netgear has updated the swith, so it is more compact. It basically has just the ethernet ports, and the status lights. The lights are fairly close together, so seeing what is going on (link activity) is kind of hard. I love the fact that it is fanless, as the previous Netgear 24-port that I had sounded like a jet engine, so I had to return it! I only wish this was a nine-port switch, as you do lose one port in order to connect it to another switch or router.

A big plus is that Netgear has boosted the warranty on this product from the previous 5-years to a lifetime warranty!

By sierra_nevadas - Aug 5, 2007

Silent: The most appealing thing...

Strengths: Fanless design. Blistering fast transfer rates. Metal casing. Ports are on the front for easy access to network cables. Compact design.

Weakness: None

Silent: The most appealing thing about this gigabit switch is that it is uses no fan to stay cool, unlike other gigabit switches. It’s absolutely silent! I can keep it in my room and not be bothered by it. Even after transferring tens of gigabytes of data through it at a time it manages to stay cool. It also has a strong metal case rather than plastic. It includes screws for optionally mounting...
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Silent:
The most appealing thing about this gigabit switch is that it is uses no fan to stay cool, unlike other gigabit switches. It’s absolutely silent! I can keep it in my room and not be bothered by it. Even after transferring tens of gigabytes of data through it at a time it manages to stay cool. It also has a strong metal case rather than plastic. It includes screws for optionally mounting it to a wall. And it has rubber feet on the bottom of each corner to keep it cool.

No frills:
It’s a plain, no frills switch. It has no DHCP server built-in, no configuration settings to modify; just 8 ports for connecting computers. You can always connect your router to it to provide Internet access to the computers on this switch.

Performance Testing:
I set up two computers, each with gigabit network cards and CAT5 cables to copy a single large file as well as thousands of small files from one computer to the other. Copying a single 1.31GB file took 1 minute, 31 seconds. Copying 10362 files with 852 folders, totaling 1.46GB took 3 minutes, 4 seconds.

Conclusion:
Buy it!

By tmorita - Jan 5, 2005

Perfect switch

Strengths: Work so well with other branch

Weakness: none

This 8 ports switch worked so well for me. There was no problem since I bought this product a few months ago. Easy to set up. Just plug and play. Files transfer between several computers in the network are very fast.

By ap1966 - Oct 28, 2008

GS108 Switch

Strengths: Easy to Install, Small Size, Silent, Solid

Weakness: None

This product is very easy to install. I just took it out of box, plugged in the power cord and attached all the network calbes and then it worked. It also has some convenient features, for example, all 8 ports automatically detect connection speed and uplink/downlink and the indicator lights show which ports are in use and what speeds they run at. Its size is so small that I can easily put it...
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This product is very easy to install. I just took it out of box, plugged in the power cord and attached all the network calbes and then it worked. It also has some convenient features, for example, all 8 ports automatically detect connection speed and uplink/downlink and the indicator lights show which ports are in use and what speeds they run at. Its size is so small that I can easily put it inside my wiring panel. It runs cool and silent in a very small room. No issue with interoperability or anything at all!

By aakk - Jul 21, 2008

GS108

Strengths: Compact, Number of Ports, Performance

Weakness: None

This switch is exactly what I want. The size is very compact for a 8-port switch. It is built solid and just like the other Netgear equipment I've used, completely hassle-free. The performance is pretty good. I haven't encountered any network connection problem with it.

By keviny - Jul 21, 2008