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

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

Great price

Get full 2.5 gb speeds with no problems

Zero complaints. Took almost 30 seconds to get it out of the packaging and then plug it in and start using it. Excellent value and build quality. No registration, account, subscription, no nothing. Just plug it in and go.

Works like its not even there. Perfect. Its worth buying name brand stuff like this...better engineering and piece parts used. That off branded, unheard of stuff fails.

I have 1.2gb Xfinity internet service. I replaced my modem to take advantage of the extra speed as my other modem could only go up to 1.0gb speed. I have a firewall after my modern and it can handle 2.5gb as well, so I needed a switch to connect to firewall, and then from switch to my Eeero Pro 6E (which has a 2.5gb port). With all now running through 2.5gb port I dod get the full speed of my Xfinity, of course except to those devices with older wireless or 1.0gb network card. This switch is not cheap but I have always used Netgear for my switches and have never had an issue. So far I have had no issues with this switch. Everything is working well and Im able to take advantage of my 1.2gb speed or higher speeds in the future. Im happy with my purchase and would buy again, just hope prices for 2.5gb products go down over time.

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.

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.

Switch handles multi-speed connections nicely

Works perfect. Plug and play setup. Flawless high speed performance.