NETGEAR FS105NA Switch 5Port Metal
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Customer Review: The UVERSE Preferred Solution
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently replaced my cable provider with AT&T's UVERSE, a combination of internet, cable TV, and telephone. My PCs and other devices were hooked together with a Linksys network, but the installer told me that the Linksys devices wouldn't work properly with his equipment, and everything had to hook directly into the AT&T box. After pulling lots of cable, he hooked up 4 devices, and that was it. Everything else had to be wireless, or I was told to get a Netgear switch. After some internet research I found I could probably get the Linksys to work, but the Netgear was reasonably priced and should be worry-free.
Sure enough, the install took all of 5 minutes, including swapping cables from the AT&T box to the Netgear box. Everything worked perfectly, no problems encountered or adjustments needed.
If you have UVERSE, and need more ports for your devices, this is just what you're looking for. If only all networking problems were this easily solved!
Customer Review: A Cheap Switch, No Surprises
Summary: 3 Stars
I purchased this switch originally for my home. Back when Xbox 360's came without a wireless card (FOR SHAME, MICROSOFT!), I needed a switch to run my tiny home network of a PC, laptop, PS3, and Xbox 360.
The switch works as advertised, great for home networks where you receive a residential internet connection <= 100 mb/s. However, if you're going to hook up a couple computers at school or work, you can get more out of a 10/100/1000 switch instead for a slightly higher investment. The major downside to trying to network with a switch directly from your ISP is that sometimes it can be complicated to assign IP addresses and DNS manually on an Xbox 360 or PS3. A router will automatically assign IP addresses, but a switch is an "unintelligent" device - it just passes the signal through.
Make sure that you're getting the right product for your network. If this is it, it won't fail you.
Customer Review: LED lights and Ethernet ports on same side causing problems
Summary: 2 Stars
Durable. I have plugged in three computers into this 5 port switch and all of them work fine. With the Ethernet cards installed in all my systems, I found the installation to be a cakewalk. The configuration is so simple and it just takes a few moments of your time. I just had to plug in the power cable first then connected the Ethernet cables of all the comps and it was ready. But it needs an external power supply chord and does not have a power on switch. The metal casing makes this device quite heavy. Not that I carry it around all the time but it could have been of lesser weight.
The LED lights and the Ethernet ports are on the same side. This is a major disadvantage for me because the wires flow on my desk. Had the ports been at the back I would have had some control in keeping my desk uncluttered.
My FS105NA also gets warm after continuous usage for more than an hour.
Customer Review: A very nice switch
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been replacing my ethernet hubs with switches (because the throughput on a switch is much better than on a hub). After extensive review, I decided to get one D-Link 5-port switch and one Netgear 5-port switch, both auto-sensing for 10/100 rate. The truth is, they both work great! They both perform well, and were equally easy to hookup (no software to deal with). I will add one thing, and that is that the D-Link box was a much nicer design than the Netgear. First of all, it is much smaller (the picture of the D-Link here is deceiving). Secondly, the Netgear has the LED lights and the ethernet ports on the same side. For my setup, I prefer the ports on the back and the lights on the front. I think the Netgear switch was fashioned more for a rack. Style aside, a big thumbs up for both of these switches!Customer Review: Good stuff
Summary: 4 Stars
This 4-port 10/100 switch has not shown a single problem since its initial installment for my network. The box is a tough steel case all around. The only issue I would have done differently had I been the engineer for this box design is that all 5 ports are located in the front. I would have preferred to have all my network cables located at the back of the box and all the light monitoring signals located at the front of the box. It isn't a hindering issue since this is based on three key words: Location, location and location. Either way it still works for me and has been working seemlessly for many months now. Windows 2000/98SE and the two Linux distros (SuSe 7.1/Mandrake 7.0) that I invest in have detected NetGear's FA311 NICs without any difficulties. Good stuff.