Netgear 8 Port 101001000 Gigabit Switch GS108UK Networks Switches Hubs
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Variable quality I’m currently on my second switch, the first having had a problem with the power socket at the back. I inserted the power plug, power/port LEDs lit up, moved the plug slightly, LEDs flickered on and off. On inspection, it looks as if the socket either had a dubious solder joint or had missed soldering completely. Not what I expect from a supposedly professional quality Netgear product. To their credit, Amazon replaced it within a couple of days and the replacement seems to be working fine. I’ve seen traffic at both 100Mbps and 1Gbps between the various devices on my home LAN without problems. Build quality (excepting the power socket problem) is excellent.
Blinking lights of doom I’ve had one of these for a while now, and recently suffered what is known as the “Blinking lights of death” problem where the switch stops working and all the LEDS blink on and off.If you search for this problem (flashing LEDs GS108 etc) you’ll soon find that it’s not a matter of “if” this happens but “when”, however the process is sped up by having more than 2 devices attached to it.The problem is caused by Netgear using two poor quality (perhaps under specified?) electrolytic capacitors in the switch. These fail and cause the switch to stop working. Repairing these isn’t a major task if you’re comfortable with de-soldering/soldering etc but frankly you shouldn’t be forced to be a position of having to even consider this!Do a search on problems regarding this switch before you purchase one at least you’ll then be unsurprised when it eventually fails.I should say though, the switch does perform as advertised when it’s working..
plug it in and it works If you are on any doubt as to what this does, basically you plug a lan cable from you router in to it and then plug cables from the rest of the ports to things like your Xbox, printer, tv, av receiver, etc and then they get internet directly as well as appearing on tour network. It is very simple, no software or anything, just plug and play.It is cheaper than buying wireless dongles and obviously you get a very reliable connection.Lots of things have a little hole in the back for a lan cable, this enables you to find out what extra things they can do. Now that our Yamaha AV Receiver is on our network we can control it from out iPad and play music from the pad too.The only thing to bear in mind is getting a long wire from your router to another room in the house. This is most easily achieved by running external lan cable outside the house and back in to the room you want. If you need to do this, you can buy 100m of cat5 external cable for about 30 pounds, phone somewhere on the internet for advice. A regular electrician will usually be able to fit it if you don’t feel confident. Cheaper by far than a specialist company.