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NETGEAR GS108 ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch | List Price: $110.00
Discount Price: $59.16
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Brand: Netgear
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: Lifetime warranty for product purchased after 05/01/2007. For product purchased before 05/01/2007, warranty is limited lifetime.
Features: - 802.1x, ACLs, Rate limiting, DSCP/TOS-based prioritization, IGMP Snooping, SNMP v1, v2, RSTP
- Eight auto-sensing 10/100/1000 ports, makes it simple to combine Fast Ethernet and Gigabit devices in your network
- 802.1x for authentication, with Guest VLAN
- MAC-based port security,
- Easy-to-manage through web-based GUI, incorporates Plug-and-Play ease of use
Dead After 18 Months, Warranty Service Horrible/Impossible [Posted on 2008-03-24]
This product is unreliable with notorious Netgear customer support. Warranty is useless.
Purchased from Amazon back in Aug, 2008, had been happy until the day before Easter Day (March 22, 2008). The switch suddenly stopped working, all 8 lights blinking with wires unplugged.
Called the support twice, both transferred outside USA. The second time during normal business hours, asked to transfer back to USA, was told no customer support in USA, asked to talk to supervisor, after 20 minutes, the supervisor picked up and put me on hold, then hung up the phone after 20 minutes...
Also according to the warranty card, you have to pay shipping charges BOTH for the defective unit and the replacement unit. Plus the replacement unit is REFURBISHED. By taking into account of the shipping cost, you are paying half price for the refurbished and error prone product again.
I have so many network switches with a lot cheaper prices, they have never failed. So why pay more for this unreliable device?
We don't mind paying more for quality products. My recent experience did raise concerns on Netgear's ability to maintain the quality for the product.
blinking lights of death after 3 - 4 months [Posted on 2008-03-24]
works good at first, then the underpowered capacitors give out. Had two go bad on me. Its a shame NETGEAR doesn't pony up an extra 50 - 75 cents for the capacitors. It would be a great product otherwise and I am looking elsewhere for a different vendor....Sorry Netgear ( or as their customer reps would say, "o so very good!")
Will not repurchase..........
Speed killz (worth every penny) [Posted on 2008-04-12]
While 100 base T networking is fine, gigabit is awesome. My server communicates to my clients as if the drives were connected by firewire. The improvement is astounding making the server so much more useful. I have used netgear switches for many years- in general they have performed flawlessly and when this specific model stopped working (my only netgear failure), they replaced it with a new unit promptly. Remember, the pro series carries a lifetime warrantee.
Very disappointed [Posted on 2008-04-19]
I purchased the NETGEAR GS108 to replace a Gigafast 10/100 switch; to speed up backups from our home gigabit enabled PCs to our NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices. Well, it was a disappointment from second 1.
My DSL router just rebooted continually, and I suffered from local broadcast storms. I am using a Proline DSL router, from my local carrier. Wireshark showed the broadcast traffic was being switched erratically, thus its continuance.
I called Netgear Tech Support, very bad. They asked just a few basic questions, and then said my unit was faulty and that it should be returned. Lucky for me that Amazon has a great return policy, I really appreciated that. 2 stars because of that.
My son advised me to purchase an HP ProCurve Switch 1400-8G. Bless his nerdy heart. Well, I did, and it has worked flawlessly. Available via Amazon for a similar price. Lifetime warranty too, amazing for a device like this. It is working flawlessly.
Of course, your mileage may vary. Many people seem to like the NetGear product, and that's why I purchased it initially.
I should also add that the gigabit switch update has shortened my backups to 10 minutes from 30. Not bad.
Works well [Posted on 2008-05-10]
I have had no trouble with this switch. Other reviews suggested some major issues, especially when using two together. I think that maybe there were runs of defective products, or people with miswired networks? Not sure. Have had no issues, does not run hot, even after transferring large (gigabytes) amounts of data, still fairly cool to the touch.
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