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

I use two of these and both are perfect. Highly recommend.

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.

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

This product definitely fixed my problem by providing me addition access points for all the stuff I have. I took velcro Command strips and mounted it on the back of my desk. Doesnt take space on my desk and I dont see all the wires.

Great price

Plug and play. Used it right after my main google WiFi hub to expand ports for the 2 extra hubs and a ps5 and pc

I needed this switch to get more ethernet ports in an open room space. I went with Netgear because of Brand recognition and was not disappointed, Easy to setup, true Plug and play, strong metal build. Got speed as advertised, still going strong after almost two years of use.

I have always had two networks in my house, one directly on the ISP router LAN, one off an inner router than treats the outer as a WAN. The ISP controls the firmware in the outer router and I dont trust them. But a situation arose where I needed both networks in other rooms, and I had only one network cable fished through to those rooms. So, I went to smart switches and VLANs. I bought three of these, one 8 port and two 5 port. The setup process was not smooth. I was trying to use the static IP setup method. With the first 5 port switch, it worked as advertised. With the second 5 port switch the IP address of the switch kept coming up 0.0.0.0, even after a reset and a power cycle. The 8 port switch did the same. Then I figured I guess I should let those last two obtain an IP from my inner network router and configure them that way. That worked, except on the 8 port I had to initially use the web interface because the program interface is turned off by default! The program and the web interface both are not the most user-friendly systems I have used. They are very similar in design. There is a fairly strict order in which you have to do things or it yells at you. Once initially configured, I had issues because I had assigned a static IP that was on VLAN 2 as opposed to VLAN 1. I couldnt see the management interfaces switches other than the one to which my laptop was connected even though I was on the same VLAN. Reading up on a NETGEAR forum, it turns out an undocumented feature of the switch, at least per a conversation on a forum I found, is that it expects the management interface to be on VLAN 1. But, I managed to get it all up and running, and it works well once configured. As other reviewers have stated, these switches are fine as long as you are on something like a home network where you are hiding behind a NAT router and a firewall. Thats because the static IP of the management interface is presented on every VLAN. For example VLAN 1 in my case is 192.168.a.x and VLAN 2 is 192.168.b.x. The a network is the inner, and the b is the outer, meaning a LAN can connect to the b LAN that is the WAN to a, but not vice versa. Even so, using a management IP of 192.168.a.X when on the b VLAN, I have proven that I can access that interface by using a fictitious b address on the outer a network. The switches, being fanless, get a little warm but certainly not hot to any level of concern about longevity. I gave them three stars because of the setup issues, the undocumented feature, and the security issues. But, they still do what I need them to do. If you want ease of setup or better security, I advise looking elsewhere.

I ordered this switch when I upgraded to the eeos router system. The eeos only has one ethernet port and I have to older systems and a Laser printer that are not Wifi. I was not disappointed. The setup was easy and everything worked as advertised. I am a happy camper.