NETGEAR GS605 5-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch - switch - 5 ports

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Neat Netgear 5 port gigabit switch

5 Aug 20th, 2007

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Cheap, reliable, simple to use

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Recommendable: Yes 

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I liked this switch so much, I 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 to worry about crossover cables if you're daisy-chaining switches... The 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 way you can upgrade the speed critical machines on your network to gigabit speeds. I bought my two to allow me to use one with my media server and file server, and the other in my living room to connect the laptop, XBOX and so on... By having a gigabit switch, it allowed my machines with gigabit ethernet cards to network at full speed with each other, so that transferring video and large files between them was not constrained to hundred megabit speeds you find with most home and home office networks.

I think the 5 port switch is pitched at the right price, and has the right number of ports for the average home user who will usually have one or two computers and a games console, and want to connect them together. I really can't think of any faults or disadvantages to this product. 

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