Netgear FS105NA Switch 5Port Metal
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Customer Review: Good, but aging
Summary: 5 Stars
So far, I am impressed with this switch. The small footprint and the ease of installation is really something to behold. It has been reliable as well, as a small, unmanaged switch should be.
I debated on whether to get a gigabit switch or a fast ethernet (100Mbps) switch. I decided to be cheap and went for this little switch. I also have an old 10Mbit ethernet switch by Netgear; that only had four sockets, and one had to be designated for uplink. That little switch was the part of a reason for taking the Netgear, though; it was small, and it was reliable. In that regard, the switch did not disappoint.
What did disappoint me was, though, the fact that file transfers between two peer computers (i.e. not to the Internet) took longer than expected. The peak transfer rate could not go beyond 10MB/s; that is expected, and totally fine for my DSL (and for streaming from one computer to another, to an extent) but I found it to be sluggish, as the transfer rate I had from an external USB to hard drive could go for 30MB/s or higher.
I gave full marks due to the fact that it was a great switch for its class. The problem is, though, that the class itself is showing signs of age. For those of you who would like to set up a home server, I recommend you make a jump to the realm of gigabit ethernet.
Customer Review: Great switch
Summary: 5 Stars
Not too much to say about these units other than they work really well. Very affordable and well built - the only switch I buy when I need these for clients.Customer Review: Netgear FS105 Switch
Summary: 5 Stars
The switch shipped and arrived quickly. I'm using it as a hub, even though it is a switch, with a DSL connection in, and multiple ethernet connections out. One of them goes into my Netgear firewall/router appliance. All machines behind the firewall/router work just as well as they did before I installed the switch between the DSL modem and the router. Installation was a piece of cake. The firmware seems to work as advertised. Customer Review: this is useless
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this hub because I wanted to connect a Roku via Ethernet now and didn't want to buy a router until the new N spec is fully implemented.
I stupidly did not understand that I couldn't connect the hub directly to a cable modem. I need a router first, and since routers typically have multiple outputs who needs this piece of junk?
Customer Review: Solid product
Summary: 5 Stars
Netgear has a good reputation and history of making quality products and this is no exception. It is easy to see that they did not sacrifice quality at the cost of making a low price product. It is a simple low end switch, so don't look for features that is not what it was designed for and where the cost savings comes from.