NETGEAR 5-Port Fast Ethernet 10/100 Unmanaged Switch (FS105NA) - Desktop, and ProSAFE Limited Lifetime Protection,Blue

Hook up was a breeze, does what it is supposed to. I use the additional connection for my web based garage door openers. Cannot comment if there is decay in data transfer.

This network switch from Netgear has a small footprint and is easy to hook and use. Im using this in my home theater to connect several internet capable devices to the single ethernet drop I have in that location and the switch has been working flawlessly for that purpose.

Working for over a year with nary a reboot required. 5/5 would buy again.

I recently upgraded to a 20 Mbps cable modem. Since my hub was an old 10baseT hub, I needed an upgrade to take full advantage of the larger cable modem bandwidth. This Netgear FS105NA switch should have been perfect, since my cable modem account includes 4 real IPs, and I have a mix of 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps devices. Rather than the older hubs which require you to either push a switch to convert one socket to an uplink or to use a special socket for the uplink, this one is supposed to detect uplink devices automatically. It didnt. Installed per instructions, with two 100 Mbps computers and the cable modem, the switch started the rapid flashing of negotiation, but never stopped. I never got a connection. With just the two computers attached, and no cable modem, the rapid flashing happened only briefly and the two computers could talk to each other fine - but of course I couldnt access the internet without the cable modem. I suspect some of those who have had success with this switch have not been stressing its full capabilities. In particular, I suspect few have uplinks operating at 100 Mbps rather than the slower 10 Mbps, since broadband speeds above 10 Mbps have only recently become available. Ill buy a crossover cable - the old style of handling uplinks, by making them look like downlinks - and see if this switch will work properly with the cable modem when all the equipment looks like downlinks. In the meantime, Ive gone back to an old 10baseT hub for now. Edit: a crossover cable for the connection between the switch and the cable modem seems to have worked. Theres still a fair amount of rapid flashing even when the connection is not being used, though, so I cant say Im filled with confidence. If you do go for this option, I recommend buying color coded cables - for example red for the crossover cable, and black for everything else.

If you want a good solid low cost switch this is it. Ive installed dozens of these and theyve proved to be quite reliable. The housing is metal, not some cheap plastic and the switch works well.

Plugged it in, it worked fine, and it continues to work. If you just need a few more 10/100 Mb/s RJ-45 Ethernet outlets, this little box will do the job. Nice solid metal box.

I use this product at work to connect 2 computers and a network printer to our office network. It works exactly as its supposed to. One month after purchase now and there havent been any problems.

Product is durable and easy to install and have had no issues with it. It is paired with myNETGEAR router and is working with no issues. I highly recommend this product.

Its Netgear so its gotta be good! Just plug it in and go--no need to fool around with some brand X product when you can get the good stuff for so little money.

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