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Summary: Great for Home Network!
Review: I have bought two of these for home and office use. They work flawlessy and for the price you cannot beat the functionality. I was running at least Windows 98 on all computers I hooked up to the ethernet hub. Windows makes it easy to set up file and printer sharing. After you are hooked up to a network you will not need to swap disks all the time in order to exchange information or to move files for printing. You can transfer a hundred megabytes in a minute or two depending on the kinds of files. Setup is a breeze if you have ethernet cards installed already. Even if you do not have cards installed already there are instructions to walk you through step by step. By the way, if you are just using this for a home network, pick out the Netgear hub combo that gives you the most stuff for the cheapest. I have bought at least 3 different ones and the all provide the same functionality as far as I can tell. It is just that sometimes they come with one more port, or an extra cable, or multiple speed compatibilities.
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Summary: Fast router, flexible, design is a bit uncomfortable for me.
Review: I originally had a hub, and when I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere near the throughput I would get with a switch, the obvious choice was netgear. the switch is fast, slick looking, and has LED's to tell you everything about your connections. the downside? design. the ethernet cables plug into the front of the unit, while the power cord plugs into the back. the problem here is that if your ethernet cables are as flexible as warm butter, they get in the way of the led's or each other. when i plugged three cables in, the box sat to the side because the weight of the cable held up up. if you are going to wall mount the unit (it comes with screws to do so) then that might help, but if you are going to set it on your desk, the ethernet cables have to run from the front of it, instead of behind... the unit also gets warm, so make sure you have clearance on all sides so it gets air. otherwise, despite the design issues, the product is slick. has led for 10/100mb, full duplex, collisions, and the 5th port doubles as an uplink.... for fast networking netgear makes a quality product.
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Summary: Good Device, Small Size is a +
Review: I'm not hiding that I like Netgear products for entry level use. This device has a 5th port that you can use in uplink or normal mode. It is very compact with indicator lights for connection and collisions. It is also very reliable.
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Summary: Perfectly reliable, perfectly priced
Review: Needing a quick & dirty home network solution, I quickly decided on the Netgear switch. All five ports are switched 10/100, half or full duplex, auto-negotiate. After several months of use, I'm happy to say my Netgear switch has never burped once, and blazes as fast as I can ask.
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Summary: Perfectly reliable, perfectly priced
Review: Needing a quick & dirty home network solution, I quickly decided on the Netgear switch. All five ports are switched 10/100, half or full duplex, auto-negotiate. After several months of use, I'm happy to say my Netgear switch has never burped once, and blazes as fast as I can ask.
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Summary: Perfectly reliable, perfectly priced
Review: Needing a quick & dirty home network solution, I quickly decided on the Netgear switch. All five ports are switched 10/100, half or full duplex, auto-negotiate. After several months of use, I'm happy to say my Netgear switch has never burped once, and blazes as fast as I can ask.
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Summary: Incredible and economical switch!
Review: Netgear has produced an incredible product and kept it economically priced! Solves the biggest bandwidth problem... sharing! So don't share it, switch it!
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Summary: great switch
Review: nice metal box, great upgrade from the Netgear EN104tp i was using previously... but im somewhat jaded as every thing on my network that ive bought instead of been given is netgear...
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Summary: Reliable switch
Review: Sturdy construction in an unobstrusive yet eye-catching package, the FS105 is an excellent workhorse! I have been using one for the past 1 1/2 years without a hitch. Setup is easy and quick so there is very little hassle and headaches involved. Only one problem is that it tends to run rather warm so I elevate the switch on 2 jenga blocks to allow for better heat dissipation.
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Summary: Good stuff
Review: This 4-port 10/100 switch has not shown a single problem since its initial installment for my network. The box is a tough steel case all around. The only issue I would have done differently had I been the engineer for this box design is that all 5 ports are located in the front. I would have preferred to have all my network cables located at the back of the box and all the light monitoring signals located at the front of the box. It isn't a hindering issue since this is based on three key words: Location, location and location. Either way it still works for me and has been working seemlessly for many months now. Windows 2000/98SE and the two Linux distros (SuSe 7.1/Mandrake 7.0) that I invest in have detected NetGear's FA311 NICs without any difficulties. Good stuff.
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