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No time to queue.

Advantages: Well-Made, Fast as Hell.
Disadvantages: None.

...better time to upgrade. Overall this is an excellent product, 8-ports are more than enough for most houses and have room for expansion and with the reliability it offers you can hide it away and forget about it. Well Done Netgear on and truly wonderful piece of equipment. ...

Stingwray 01.12.2005 · Read full review
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Review of NETGEAR ProSafe GS108 8 Port Gigabit Desktop Switch - switch - 8 ports

Netgear GS105 5 Port Gigabit Switch

Advantages: Easy installation, small, sturdy, quiet, auto uplink
Disadvantages: Runs quite hot

...however, as with all other Netgear switches, this unit gets quite hot. For peace of mind it would be best to keep it away from sources of heat (I tend to lay an old PII heatsink on the unit just to help with the cooling!) Troubleshooting The LED indicators provide you with all the information you could possibly need to help diagnose any connectivity problems - not that you should have any Conclusion Very fast, reliable equipment. With prices ...

sj19uk 11.09.2005 · Read full review
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Review of NETGEAR ProSafe GS105 - switch - 5 ports

Neat Netgear 5 port gigabit switch

Advantages: Cheap, reliable, simple to use
Disadvantages: None.

...bought two of them. Netgear have a reputation for cheap and reliable networking equipment, and this 5 port unmanaged switch is no exception. When I bought my two, they were retailing online for approx £35 each - but these days you should be able to get one for approx £25 (inc VAT.) The switch is more or less the size of my hand (yes, I have big hands). With 5 ports on the back - all are auto-sensing, as is the gigabit standard, so you don't have ...
...only other port on the back is for power, which is the usual "wall-wart" plug in transformer you get with most home networking equipment. Given the switch is unmanaged, you can just plug desktop computers, laptops, XBOXes, network printers straight into the switch, and not worry about anything other than configuring the devices themselves. I would recommend this switch to anyone who has a few machines on their home or small office network, that ...

sjhill 20.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of NETGEAR GS605 5-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch - switch - 5 ports

Ideal switch for the small business or developers

Advantages: Easy to set up, configure and use
Disadvantages: None

...The Product? Well we use Netgear equipment in our office because you know with Netgear, you are buying quality at an affordable price. So we opted for the FS116 Desktop Switch. The size of it? Well its about an inch high and about a foot long. It is about 6 inches from fron to back. This means it is small enough to be hidden away. The Capacity of it? Well it takes up to 15 computers connected to it plus the link to the network. This means ...
...computers. Connections are via RJ45 type standard network connections (the ones that look like big modem sockets!!!) Performance? Fantastic. We have not had any problem with slow data transfer, packet collisions or overload. It just gets on with its job. Installation? Could not be simpler. There is no software to install. No configuring to do via interfaces or windows. Simply plug it into the mains, plug in your network connections and off you ...

andycharger 06.05.2004 · Read full review
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Review of NETGEAR ProSafe FS116 10/100 Desktop Switch - switch - 16 ports

Solid switch at affordable price

Advantages: small, metallic, dissipates heat quickly, auto mdi-x
Disadvantages: gets hot during summer

Well, there isn't much to say about this switch... except that when i bought them, they were well over £200! (about 3 years ago) As for transfer rates, with a 100mb full duplex switch, you should be able to copy a 650mb file in under 5-6 minutes. Full duplex meaning it can send and receive data simultaneously, theoretically boosting the speed to 200mb. Of course this is all theoretical, and samba over ethernet is only 50-60% efficient. If you transfer ...
...the net connection easily and transfer files even quicker than over samba. Older models have a manual MDI-X (on one port only) thou recent models now have auto MDI-X on all ports, so you can use crossover or straight cables and it won't matter :) The older models ran at a high ampage (not that good) of around 3A, 5v. They now sensibly put it to around 12v and around 1A. This sucker does get hot during the summer, but that's only because it has no ...

waga 25.11.2004 · Read full review
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Review of NETGEAR ProSafe FS108 10/100 Desktop Switch - switch - 8 ports