I liked this switch so much, I bought two of them. Netgear have a reputation for cheap and reliable networking equipment, and this 5 port unmanaged switch is no exception. When I bought my two, they were retailing online for approx £35 each - but these days you should be able to get one for approx...

Cheap; reliable; simple to use

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this is a very good buy and very easy to install mine works 2 pc's one xbox and my bt vision box with great ease just plugged it into one of my homehub ethernet ports and plugged all my other cat5 cables into it very impressed!!

Purchased this to replace my 5 Port 10/100 switch. It is a plug and play switch so there is no configuration needed.

What can I say, It's a gigabit switch and it works, plug in all the cables and away you go. Transfer speeds are pretty good. great for streaming as my old 100mb/s couldn't hack it as video was always stopping for some reason... great buy and quick delivery from amazon as usual

pluged in to my virgin boardband and it just works I use a 5 port and 8 port netgear switches

Purchased 3 of these and one of the 8 port and they all did the same thing. They work fine for a few days running everything at gig speeds. Then they drop to 10mbps for no reason. On some of the units a power cycle would correct the issue for a few days but then it happens again.

This switch works exactly as advertised. I'm very satisfied with it. This is the third one I've purchased (I have three on my home network now).

if your a gamer this hub is for you.you can use it to share files play lan games and much more. you can also set a great home network.

My Netgear GS605 v2 worked well for a little over three years. Then I suddenly noticed problems streaming music and video from the NAS which connects to my home network using this switch.

Inexpensive; worked well for 3 years

Failed after 3 years; Did not stop working completely, just vastly degraded throughput, making it harder to identify it as the source of network issues

I really don't get the low ratings this is receiving...I use this in my living room to feed my PS3, a DVR and then to another switch to feed two DVR's and a computer. I just plugged in the wires, powered it up and everything was online and fast.