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NETGEAR FS608 8 Port Switch (10/100)| Manufacturer: | Netgear | | List price: | $69.99 |
| Our price: | $34.99 that is 50% off! |
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Easy to use and fast |
| This is very easy to use and needs no configuration. Just plug it in, attach your cables, and off you go. It's compact and fast as well. I have used it for seven months without trouble. I highly recommend it. |
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Don't use it in your basement |
This thing worked fine for about nine months and then died. It doesn't like humidity. I keep my switch and router in my basement. Like many basements, it's a bit damp, though I have a dehumidifier running all the time. It's not that damp in there, but the switch just died on me.
I'd question the power supply or some other factor but my router and DSL modem have never had any problems at all and this is the second Netgear switch I've owned that has gone kaput; my best guess is dampness. |
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Sleek, but problems in a busy environment |
| As others say, the device is small and easy on the eyes. I express caution with regard to critical purposes such as servers and IP telephony; we have experienced some weird problems with this. We have three (Netgear FS608 v2) in two locations; two connected to a 24 port Dell switch and the third I think connects to a Cisco 3524. They may intermittently refuse to forward frames from just one source to just one destination while allowing frames from that same source to other destination, weird stuff like that. Reset takes a power cycle OR just unplug the uplink cable and reconnect. It's a real nuisance if it means you have to drive to work on a weekend or an IP telephone call goes "blip" into la-la land. I'm sure they have a limitation on the size of the MAC address cache but I have not so far researched it. Beware using little switches on big networks! (That sounds like a grade b movie title!) |
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