NETGEAR GS108 ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch
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Customer Review: Be aware of th bogus "Lifetime Warranty"
Summary: 1 Stars
I was attracted by the "lifetime warranty" and bought it from Amazon.
The product broke after 1.5 years. It stopped working and all lights were flashing. When I called the support line, was told that I have to purchase the 3yr service contract in order to let their technicians to look at the products. The contract would cost about $30, but no guarantee that they would accept the problem and order an RMA or replacement for the "lifetime warranty". If you add the possible shipping cost that they are going to charge.... It's like buying a new unit!
NetGear has to do a better job when claiming "lifetime warranty"
Very unhappy about this business practice.... Be aware of the "Lifetime Warranty" from NetGear.
Customer Review: Worked for 2 years and just died
Summary: 3 Stars
This was a great little switch, very sturdy, solid. Lights are nice Gigabit vs 100M vs 10M. However, I'm now concerned about its longevity. I've had it on constantly for 2+ years (bought it from Amazon.com in Nov 2007.) However, in the last 4-6 weeks the switch started to fail. First the performance of my computers on the switch degraded, now the whole switch has just stopped working. The 10Mb light is flashing steadily and my computer complains about the cable being unplugged! Ugh. Registered the product with [...] and I'm waiting for the response from Netgear support. I read in a forum that it may be the power supply? Will update this review as I experience Netgear support.Customer Review: Rock Solid -- Physically, Compatibility, and Funtionally
Summary: 5 Stars
Am using this switch with a wide range of networked devices including the following:
- MacBook Pro (late 2008) @ 1GBps
- PC with a Marvell Yukon port @ 1GBps
- Netgear ReayNAS DUO @ 1GBps
- HP JetDirect box at 10 Mbps
- Linksys WRT54G
- Westell 7500 DSL modem/AP @ 100Mbps
- SlipStream Powerline bridge device @ 10Mbps
The GB devices share the switch with everything with no issues and can operate at 1GBps. This device can support jumbo packets but as of yet I have not tried. The device itself is solid, using the tried and true netgear metal enclosure, not the plastic of some of their other devices.
Customer Review: has worked well for me
Summary: 4 Stars
This product works well for me. I have three wired computers connected to it as well as my Netgear WG102 wireless access point. Upstream from the router is my Netgear FR114P wired-only router and from that my Motorola SB5100 cable modem. I've had this setup for 6 months now and no lockups or wierd reboots from any of the equipment. After dealing with flakey networking problems for almost 3 years from various equipment, I now swear by Netgear "blue box" equipment. (And I've had issues with Netgear consumer "white plastic" equipment, among other brands of consumer equipment.)
Giving it 4 stars as other gigabit switches now have more cache than this model.
Customer Review: Works great, when it works
Summary: 1 Stars
*UPDATE - This line of Netgear products now comes with a lifetime warranty.*
After 13 months of use it started to emit a high frequency sound and stopped functioning. The LEDs flash on and off as though the unit is power-cycling. Although they now have a lifetime warranty on the Pro-Safe series, mine died outside of it's 12 month warranty. By the way, I used 7 of the 8 ports; the built-in power supply seems unable to handle the load.
Would I buy another Netgear switch? I have another non-pro-safe Netgear switch that still works, but I sometimes need to power-cycle it to reconnect attached devices. I think I'll try another brand - perhaps Cisco.