GS108E

A professional network engineer might scoff at this "prosumer"-grade switch, but it does actually have a fair bit of flexibility in regard to its VLAN configuration, and you get a lot of bang for your buck. I bought it so I could connect two Internet gateways (a cable modem and an optical network terminal) to my router's single WAN port and two virtual LANs to my router's single LAN port. Despite the two passes that packets need to take through this switch on their way between the Internet and my LAN devices, I can still download the latest Chromium sources from Google at over 100 MiB/s (average over the course of a 2-GiB+ download) through my gigabit Internet link, so I know the switch matrix is doing a good job at keeping the crossing flows from colliding. To pull off having two gateways connected to one WAN port on my router, I have two 802.1Q-tagged virtual interfaces configured on my router's WAN interface with distinct tags that I assigned as the PVIDs of the two switch ports that the gateways plug into. Each of those two switch ports is configured to pass the traffic of its respective VLAN untagged since the cable modem and the ONT are not expecting 802.1Q-tagged Ethernet frames. Then the switch port that is connected to my router's WAN port is configured as a member of both of the gateway VLANs and is configured to pass their traffic with tags so that my router can run its two virtual interfaces on its one WAN port. That switch port has its PVID set to a throwaway VLAN (of which no other ports are members) so that any untagged traffic coming from the router's WAN port will be thrown away and will not leak to the remaining five switch ports that connect my internal LAN. Those other five switch ports, which I use for my LAN, are members of two more VLANs, one of which is set as their PVID, meaning any untagged traffic they receive gets assigned into that VLAN, and also they are configured to pass any traffic on that VLAN in untagged frames. The other VLAN is for my isolated Internet-of-Things network so I can have remote Wi-Fi access points hosting a dedicated SSID just for my IoT devices. The LAN switch ports are configured to pass traffic on the IoT VLAN using tagged frames, so the IoT network is "invisible" to other switches and hosts unless they intentionally connect to it. The router's LAN port runs both the default (untagged) interface for the trusted VLAN and also an 802.1Q-tagged virtual interface for the IoT VLAN, and those two interfaces are addressed on separate subnets with some firewall rules to prevent IoT devices from connecting to trusted devices, but trusted devices can connect to IoT devices (to command them, read status, etc.). The reason I described my complex setup here is so you could get an idea of how much flexibility this switch offers. Sure, it may not have the kind of Cisco-esque management console that network engineers are trained to endure/love, but the switch's web interface is actually shockingly capable of configuring almost any bizarre VLAN arrangement that you can imagine. And there are actually three other VLAN configuration modes that I did not even describe: a basic port-based mode, an advanced port-based mode, and a basic 802.1Q mode. (I use the advanced 802.1Q mode.) As far as the physical build of this switch goes, it looks and feels exactly as you would expect a Netgear desktop switch to look and feel if you are at all familiar with them. It's a sleek metal slab with a line of Ethernet ports along the front edge and a 12V DC barrel jack on the rear. Each port has two LEDs that show link speed/status and activity, so you get your typical blinkenlights show. The 12V input is nice because it allows me to put this switch on my 12V battery backup along with my router and my two gateway devices. The four devices will easily run for many hours in a power outage. As for reliability, I have never had this switch hang or lose performance with prolonged use. It runs silently for months to years with no intervention required. It just works, even despite the crazy configuration I gave it. I have no complaints at all.

This is a perfect switch if you want to expand your home or small business network. If you want to plug in multiple devices to your existing network then this device is for you. I am giving this product a 5 stars for the reason below: 1. Plug and Play. Absolutely no programming or setup required. 2. Percect device for novices users and non IT/computer users like me. Again...no setup required. Just plug in your devices and you will be automatically connected to your LAN. 3. Excellent quality build. The entire unit looks and feel high quality. Case is metal and device is heavy. No cheap plastic and lightweight feel. 4. Netgear is a reliable and makes excellent switches. I have a 10/100Mbs 5 port netgear switch that I bought in 1999 to use in my college dorm to get multiple computers to a single network port in my dorm. I still have this switch 18yrs later and it is still 100% operational. In matter of fact I bought this 8 port to replace my 18yrs old switch. I am only upgrading because i wanted 1000Mbs speee and more ports. Some misc tips for novices/non tech folks. 1. If your house is built after 2004 and was originally wired for telephone lines throughout your house then you already probably got either cat5e or cat6 cables installed already. Electrician will use cat5e/cat6 cables to wire your house for telephone use because they are just as cheap as regular telephone line and more readily avaiable. Therefore, no need to run ethernet cables. Just pull apart your telephone wall plates and verify. I hope this review helps.

It's an 8-port gigabit switch with all the standards, and does its job on that front. Reasonably sized, fast as far as I can tell, sturdy metal case, nice looking, just like all "Pro" Netgear switches have been for many years. What this one has that others don't are management features that you usually need to spend WAY more to get. In particular, though, you can set it up to mirror traffic from one port to another, which is absolutely critical if you want to use Wireshark or the like to sniff packets between two devices that can't run a packet sniffer. Port mirroring is not something most people need, but if you *do* then this switch does exactly what you need, it does it well, it does it in a tiny package, and it does it for hundreds of dollars less than most managed switches. The absolute perfect tool for budget network debugging or (in my case) for taking out into the field to put between two things and figure out what's not working.

PROS: 1. Lifetime warranty, Metal chassis, Netgear reliability 2. Best 8-port VLAN web-managed switch 3. Comes with wall mounting hardware and rubber feet. CONS: 1. Almost 2x the price of a managed TP-LINK 8-port switch, which really is only slightly worse for reliability these days. $65 for a 8-port switch is too much to convince someone to buy the better Netgear when a TP-LINK is $25. Netgear seems to be slowly making these more expensive to push you to their cheaper non-lifetime warranty switches. Shouldn't they be doing the opposite and making these their standardto compete with TP-LINK and TRENDNET's managed switches? If this continues we'll just buy two TP-LINKs and keep a spare at each site. 2. Can't view the mac-address table, which is really important for any managed switch to track down duplicate IPs 3. Doesn't run LLDP to discover/show useful information (like connected port # and mgmt IP address) about neighbor switches 4. VLAN assignment is a pain 5. Can't assign more than one MGMT IP address or MGMT VLAN (MGMT IP only available on a single VLAN). 6. Netgear seems to have a never-ending number of switch discovery utilities. There's the ProSafe discovery tol, the Smart Managed discovery tool, and at least one other one. How hard is it to write one application to do a layer-2 broadcast and send a SNMP query to set a mgmt VLAN and IP address?

This is my first managed switch for home use. I have always used Netgear un-managed switches and have never had a problem with them. I wanted to try their managed switch to have better control over my network. Specifically, I wanted to try and place my VOIP phone on a separate VLAN. Setup of the switch was generally easy if you are familiar with networking technology and terms. If you don't understand networking technology, stay with an un-managed switch. I used the Plus Utility to do the basic setup and then used the web interface to do the configuration. I set the switch with a static IP address and then setup the various features of the switch. For the VLAN's I used port based VLAN as using the 802.1Q VLAN setup didn't work with my VOIP. Using the port based VLAN I was able to keep the first 7 ports on VLAN 1 and setup port 8 for the VOIP VLAN 2. I then had to change port 1 (connected to my wireless router) setting to "all", which then allows the internet connection coming in from on port 1 to be shared with port 8 VLAN 2. Everything is working now and I'm pleased with the setup and the other features I can use on the switch, including IGMP and QOS. For the price, features, and quality, I really like this switch. Just make sure you actually need a managed switch, and that you would be comfortable setting one up. If you don't, stay with un-managed switch.

We recently had a new home built and included was an OnQ panel to house all of the alarm and other whole house voice/data connections. All of the OnQ devices for voice and dta are quite nice to look at however very overly priced for what they are. Enter the Netgear ProSAFE GS108Ev3. This is an amazingly simple, yet soooo very functional device for what it is. Simply put for the price of under $60.00 and a rebate for $15.00, there wasnt another device that offered as much or even matched the Netgear. Easy plug n play to get you up fast or use the software on the provided disc to manage all aspects of your network. You can even test for network cable errors. The only issue with this was that the firmware that it comes with was not complete as the throughput was half of what it should have been. (the internet speeds using this device were about half of what we were paying for) Easy fix, after visiting forums and other various sites. I will save you the frustration and fits of anger by telling you there is an easy fix. Firmware update! This throughput issue was a known issue with Netgear for atleast 4-5 months. They recently released firmware 2.00.05 that will completely fix this issue. Simply visit their website and download the firmware update. Im so glad I found the issue because I almost returned it. I even made a custom bracket to mount it in our OnQ panel. Actually looks great! The metal case of the Netgear is a nice touch that adds a bit of substance and class to an otherwise boring peripheral. Dont waste your money on looks, buy performance at a fraction of the price. Full Gigabit speed all the way!

Worked right out of the box, cheapest way to get VLAN tagging. Words of wisdom: - I have changed my network from 192.168.1.1 to something else for security's sake, so I could not navigate directly to the firmware webpage. - In order to find the device, I had to install the software that came on the CD to assign an IP address to the switch. - The software that comes on the CD is VERY old and VERY intrusive. - The advice: make a restore point before installing the software, change the IP Address of the switch, then restore your PC. - Yep, the software on the CD is THAT bad. - And another thing...as soon as you've assigned a static lease to the switch on your router, backup the router. Otherwise...you'll have to go through all these steps again if you need to restore your router to a previous backup. PASSWORD CHANGE ISSUES: 1. manual says 20-character limit. 2. Trial and Error: you must manually type in the new password in order to change it. 3. It bears repeating: If you copy/paste from your password manager into the "New Password" field, it will not change the password. You have to type it in manually in order to get it to change. I stand by the 5-star rating because it functions as advertised and it's 1/2 the price of higher-end managed switches. Just beware that the web interface is rudimentary at best, and the software that comes on the CD is worse.

This is great. This thing is QUALITY. Not only is it just plain heavy, made out of solid metal casing, it has no capacitors and has a lifetime warranty. It is heavier than it looks and screams quality. I am an IT professional and I would recommend it for home or small office / retail use in an instant. It does full gigabit and can support full gigabit on all 8 ports at once. It does have a built in cable test as well which is nice. It supports VLAN segmenting and is just solid. You don't have to use the VLAN features, but its nice to have the model that supports it if needed. This model can be configured via the web interface by just going to the IP address of it, you don't have to load the software. By default it grabs a DHCP address, but the default IP is listed on the bottom of the unit, so if you want to set a static without trying to find out what address it pulled, just plug it in by itself for a few minutes then set a static IP on your NIC and then connect directly to it and configure it to have a static in your own range.

This equipment had a US plug rather than AU, and there was no mention of it in product description.

Great product. Arrived very neatly packaged. Oddly enough, they still ship a CD to install the software used to program the switch. The CD is no required though, you can simply use your browser to access the switches IP to configure/test it. Wall mounts great too. Performance is good and stable, haven't had any issues with it yet.

El pedido llego antes de lo mencionado desde EUA y en buen estado, la marca es buena, el equipo funciona correctamente, lo máximo de equipos que por el momento tengo conectados al mismo tiempo son 3 y no he tenido ningún problema que baje el rendimiento, se calienta muy poco, en cuestión de configuración trae para poder hacer vlans, maneja algunas opciones de QoS, para uso casero y creo que también para una pequeña empresa funciona perfectamente.

Great price and good quality for 8-port managed switch. Best is it has lifetime warranty. Got this to connect all ethernet cables in the basement to get home connected with gigabit network.

The switch seems to be solidly built with an all metal chassis. Performance is good. The web management interface however feels pretty awkward to use despite being completely functional. For example, to set up a port for a different VLAN (untagged), one needs to select the new VLAN ID from a drop down menu, change the port to untagged, save, go to the PVID settings, change the port PVID to the new VLAN and save, go back to VLAN settings, select the old VLAN from the drop down menu and finally unset the old VLAN. It has to be done in this EXACT order or it will throw errors about settings being inconsistent. On the other hand, on an OpenWrt router, the same setting is just simply set the port to untagged on the new VLAN, set every other VLAN to off and hit commit settings, which is a lot simpler and more intuitive. Maybe with a custom management script or the Netgear management app it's possible to make the experience better but that's another story for another day.