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Summary: Why buy Netgear over Linksys?
Review: ...I ordered a Netgear FS-108 which worked perfectly out of the box and has continued to work without one single hitch ... I'm about ready to buy another Netgear unit and the warranty ... is five years on the Netgear versus one on Linksys.
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Summary: Great and solid performance
Review: An incredible product, currently running on a home linux network, works great and stays up and working for long, even for burning CD-ROMs through NFS... Great product!
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Summary: Great Switch! But runs HOTTT!
Review: Features 8 ports of 10/100 Full-duplex ability. It comes in very durable metal casing and feels somewhat heavy. It is truly plug and play. Compared to my generic (TrendNet 5-port 10/100 full-duplex switch) it blows it out of the water. I get better pings across my home network and when loaded with 7 computers transfering files at 100mBits full-duplex it shines! The only con is that it runs HOT! Be sure to place it where it can breathe and not next to anything heat-sensitive.
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Summary: it's good, but pls get 2A power supply instead
Review: I purchased this switch 3 years ago
happy with it, however, the supplied power adaptor seems not to provide enough current, it runs hot
it seems to have more current power adaptor to run (at least 2A, do not use the supplied adaptor)
now I install it vertically on the wall, just warm to touch (just use 3 out of 8)
for more stable operation, a stronger power supply is recommended (at least 12-15V 2A)
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Summary: Not compatable
Review: Just a warning to those who don't run Widows. I purchased this switch to use on my home network which consisits of MAC OS X, Solaris, OpenBSD, and Linux. This network was running fine on a hub, but it didn't run at all with this switch. I talked to NetGear and they told me my OSes were not supported by there equipment. I find that statment pretty suspect as a switch is a switch. But at anyrate they were unwilling to help me out. So if you don't run windows don't buy NetGear.
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Summary: Not compatable
Review: Just a warning to those who don't run Widows. I purchased this switch to use on my home network which consisits of MAC OS X, Solaris, OpenBSD, and Linux. This network was running fine on a hub, but it didn't run at all with this switch. I talked to NetGear and they told me my OSes were not supported by there equipment. I find that statment pretty suspect as a switch is a switch. But at anyrate they were unwilling to help me out. So if you don't run windows don't buy NetGear.
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Summary: FS-108 Has A Small Backplane That Causes Long Delays.
Review: Netgear's switch can use a larger backplane. I put this switch to the test and found that it cannot support my busy network. I called technical support for assistance and received a rep. who told me that I needed another switch because the backplane found in the FS-108 is not big enough for my network. If it cannot support 8 computers - Why build an 8-port switch? This is a waste of money and time!!!
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Summary: FS-108 Has A Small Backplane That Causes Long Delays.
Review: Netgear's switch can use a larger backplane. I put this switch to the test and found that it cannot support my busy network. I called technical support for assistance and received a rep. who told me that I needed another switch because the backplane found in the FS-108 is not big enough for my network. If it cannot support 8 computers - Why build an 8-port switch? This is a waste of money and time!!!
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Summary: Simple Plug and Play
Review: Nice little Ethernet switch box. No set up required. Just plug it into an Ethernet network. It appears to work just as advertised; I can transfer files between computers at near 100 Mbps. Note that although the model number has remained FS108, my newer box purchased Mar-2002, has a small power brick and runs nice and cool. I had an older FS108 that had a way bigger power brick and ran hotter than you would expect, as mentioned in earlier reviews.
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Summary: Solid performance for small networks
Review: The NetGear FS108 is a great Fast Ethernet switch for small workgroups, featuring a sturdy construction (from the metal casing to the RJ45 connectors) and excellent performance. Packet forwarding rates are what you would expect for under 10 dollars per port, and I experienced no problems whatsoever in hooking up machines with many different brands of network cards. Even mixing cards with different speed ratings caused no issues, unlike with some other cheap 10/100 Ethernet switches I could mention. The only concerns I have with this unit are that it sometimes seems to forward certain unicast packets to all switch ports for no apparent reason, and that it runs extremely hot, as another review already mentioned.As for some negative points mentioned by the other reviews: the switch works just fine with non-Windows machines (I would expect someone running multiple OSes to be able to troubleshoot simple connectivity issues, without resorting to technical support, which typically tends to be "Windows only" for pretty much *any* product...) and, while indeed not supporting full-duplex 100Mb/s non-blocking switching across all ports concurrently, this is not something you would expect from a workgroup-class switch anyway, nor something most users will ever need. In short, if you're looking for an affordable way to build a well-performing small 10/100BaseT network, the NetGear FS108 is the way to go!
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