NETGEAR 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Plus Switch (GS308E) - Desktop or Wall Mount, Home Network Hub, Office Ethernet Splitter, Silent Operation, Black

We bought this for our Starlink Satelite but it didnt solve the Star Link router problems. (not the fault of the switch)

Received quickly. Price seemed appropriate. Works as promised. All you can expect.

Like the title says, you don’t need to be a rocket scientist or IT engineer to install this for your home network. Really nice and sleek design.

Plugged it in. It just works. It is not the cheapest, but the switch seems well made. My only complaint is the description on Amazon which describes it as a Switch / Hub / Splitter. It is a Switch. Period. The other two terms are incorrect, thank goodness. Hubs have not been made since the Gigabit standard was adopted. Hubs blindly rebroadcast packets across all other ports, and are horrible for your network. The only reason they were ever made is that switches used to be prohibitively expensive. Splitters are a very different device used to send two separate Ethernet signals (at max 100 Mbps) across a single Ethernet cable. There are very, very few instances in which this is still necessary. Unfortunately, some consumers search for those terms, which causes sellers to include them in the titles and descriptions, which results in further consumer confusion.

I have 1 connection coming in to my office and added a server with 4 gigabit ethernet ports, on-top of my desktop. Has done, and is doing a great job. Speedtest.net shows I can get a top speed of up-to about 980Mbps on my 1G AT&T fiber connection (both upload and download). I find it interesting that my upload speed is often quite a bit higher than my download speed which shows that the switch is not getting in the way. This was good news for my new server to be able to achieve the throughput I need through the fiber connection. Just for fun I connected to a server in Poland and was able to get nearly 300Mbps download and over 600Mbps upload. A German server showed pretty similar results suggesting that the speed may be more related to traffic than my broadband connection. But I digress...

Easy plug-and-play. I am provisioned for 2Gbps Google Fiber. Using cat6 cables, I connected from my Google Fiber routers 2.5gb port to the Netgear MS105 switch, then from there to a tp-link TX201 adapter in my PC. The speed test result is fantastic: 2.10Gbps down and 1.14Gbps up, with 2ms latency. So, it performs as claimed. Other than that, the MS105 seems to remain cool during use. Quality construction. Yes, there are other similarly-featured switches out there that are less expensive. But Ive never been disappointed by Netgear. This unit gets my vote as a solid purchase.

I was using a different port before this and I always had issues getting the internet speed I paid for on my devices connected to it. With this one from Netgear, I am finally getting consistent internet speeds and I couldn’t be happier with it.

I had an older 8-channel ethernet switch which seemed to have occasional dropouts. It was also running warm. This was truly plug and play. I did not have to anything other than plug it into an AC outlet then plug in the ethernet cables and it worked as it was supposed to.

We just build a new house and all of the rooms are wired for internet. The problem is that the router that we were provided only had so many ports. I bought this to help extend the number of ports that we had available. NETGEAR is my go to for switches like this and this one did not disappoint. I was not looking for anything managed so this hit the mark 100%. Install is a breeze as you just plug it into power, plug in your internet input and then you have 7 other ports to plug into for the rooms in your home. I will be doing a whole home network with some pro grade equipment, but this has been an amazing band-aid until I have the time to get that all laid out and up and running. I will hold on to it just in case there are any other hubs or devices that I might want to run once inside of a room that might need some extra ports. You cannot go wrong with this switch if you are simply looking to make one port into multiple. If you wanted a managed switch this version is not what you are looking for. My network is super basic at the moment so this was what I needed hands down! Love it!

There really isnt much to say. Netgear makes really good equipment. This is nothing short of that. I needed to upgrade from a smaller Netgear switch and knew exactly what I wanted, the best. Plugged in and powered on. Works great