Does exactly what I expected. I have not done any speed tests but pulling pictures from my NAS drive is fast.The drive I received is much smaller than the picture. If you go to the Netgear site youll see the difference. There is no bank of lights on the left.

NETGEAR GS108PE, or a smart eight port gigabit ethernet switch with PoE

What if it's too expensive to buy a manageable switch but it's still necessary to separate telephony from other traffic in a small office? Usually it's typical to use smart switches that allow gaining control over the network with only a slight increase in the price of equipment.

Management simplicity; The presence of a cable tester; Protection against loops and broadcast storms; Traffic QoS support; Virtual networks support; Moderate size; Protection against simple DoS-attacks; Affordable price; Lifetime warranty from the vendor

The impossibility of connecting four PoE clients with maximum power consumption simultaneously; The absence of the Russian language in the interface of the management utility; The impossibility of turning the switch port on or off; setting its speed and duplex manually and to disable protection

QuickView: NETGEAR GS108 ProSafe 8 Port Gigabit Desktop Switch

Since the GS108 is an unmanaged switch, there's not much more to say about it, so I'll cut right to the testing. I tested using two systems running WinXP SP2 - one an Athlon 64 3000+ w/ 512 MB, the other a 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 w/ 504 MB.

? Gigabit Ethernet with Jumbo Frame support for not a lot of

? Hard to tell if you're buying Jumbo Frame capable product