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.

GS605 V3 has jumbo frames. This is a great deal for a fast and cheap switch.

home network

Figured I'd spend the extra [$] for the gigabit switch.

Easy To Setup; Fast; Plug Play; Reliable; Small

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.

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

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

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).

Had a netgear lengthy ago, attempted a dlink and went back to netgear. Excellent interface, strong speed and efficiencyTruly like that I can transform network settings (such as mac address allocations or port forwarding) and the device does NOT reset just about every single time.

product game super fast, in excellent packaging, no issue with product at all.

I was after a small, "not ugly" switch recently to square away the various devices in the study and the lounge (consoles, laptops, you know the drill). I found this one online, and thought it had "the look" – and it does.