Advantages: small, plug and play, cheap Disadvantages: not manageable but at this price, can't complain
I've known Netgear's stuff through work, and needed a little switch for home as I have currently have three PCs connected and sharing an internet connection.
For those who are unaware of what a network switch does, it allows multiple computers to talk to one-another via their network cards. As most PCs now come with at least one network port as standard, then having more than PC in a household becomes an interesting prospect.
This is the smallest ... ...than the 5 network ports at it's rear. The unit comes with a power supply, but no network cables, these will need to be purchased seperately.
Each port has a single status indicator on the front of the switch, flashing when transfer is taking place.
This is a 10/100 network switch, gigabit switches are available elsewhere. This switch is non-manageable, that is to say, you can't connect to it remotely to determine what ports are active. At this ...
Danneey 18.07.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of NETGEAR FS605 - switch - 5 ports
The FS605 desktop switch is standards based for easy integration of Ethernet (10 Mbps) and ... more
Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) devices. These switch feature 5 ports, all ports provide automatic speed and duplex sensing, plus Auto Uplink to adjust the straight-thr...
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