NETGEAR 5 Port Gigabit Ethernet Managed Network Switch (GS305E) - Desktop or Wall Mount, Home Network Hub, Office Ethernet Splitter, Silent Operation

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On top of the plug-N-play Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, these switches also offer essential networking features such as VLAN, QoS, IGMP Snooping, Link Aggregation / Port Trunking on models with 16 ports or more, rate limiting and traffic monitoring. The Gigabit Web Managed (Plus) therefore will be able to forward multicast traffic only to the links that have asked for them and cut multicast traffic from links that do not contain a multicast listener. The small size of the GS305E switch made it easy to install unobtrusively in my living room, near my TV set-top box and the other Ethernet users in the room (Internet radio, occasional PC use). Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type: Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000), Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports quantity: 5. It comes equipped with Virtual Cable Test (VCT) technology to identify the presence of cable problems.

I needed a small switch to hard-wire my computers to my router as some of my clients require an ethernet connection instead of wi-fi. Essentially, IGMP snooping helps optimize multicast performance at Layer 2 and is especially useful for bandwidth-intensive IP multicast applications such as IPTV. I used this to split one Ethernet cord into 3 (a security camera system, a computer, and printer with everything running I still get 900 mbps on my 1G internet l. Providing essential networking features such as VLAN support and QoS, Netgear Managed Plus switches are the perfect upgrade to unmanaged hardware.NETGEAR ProSupport for Business services are available to supplement your technical support and warranty entitlements. You have the right to demand access to personal data and to rectify, erase or limit the processing, as well as to object to the processing.

Overall, the Netgear GS305E is a practical and efficient managed switch that offers durable construction, convenient web-based management, and QoS support. Only drawback so far is the software for doing all the fancy security stuff is only available on computer. Buffering videos, browsing taking far too long, that little sad face that pops up when you have no internet connection, we all know these feelings far too well. Change country: -Select- Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Niue Norway Oman Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Virgin Islands (U. I was reading some stuff about having to do with the router as well and im currently not using a netgear router with it as well, in fact it's comcasts assigned router.Companies are putting more network traffic and applications such as VoIP phones and IP cameras on their Ethernet infrastructure. I was expecting this to only do 1 VLAN but now that I know what this thing is valuable of we will be using a lot more of these. The GS305E has an exceptional value for businesses looking to add intelligence to their network beyond what unmanaged switches can provide. This feature improves overall network performance, adds security to network traffic, and makes more efficient use of network resources. I don't know if all those specs matter on real life scenarios but I would like to hear your opinion.

Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Box Limited acts as a broker and offers finance from PayPal Credit. The switch is designed to work with different types of devices, including computers, printers, and cameras.Perfect for throwing between a WiFi access point and your router to implement VLANs or other layer 2 features such as port mirroring. Troubleshoot cable problems All Gigabit Smart Managed Plus Switches come with a cable diagnostic feature that enables users to easily find out the health status of their network cables. If there are any problems, this feature helps quickly locate the point where the cabling fails; allowing connectivity issues to be fixed much faster, potentially saving technicians hours of troubleshooting. With NETGEAR ProSupport for Home, extend your warranty entitlement and support coverage further and get access to experts you trust. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging .

Excellent managed device, helps debug issues Excellent little device, the management console is helpful to debug connections from vintage computing devices which can't always negotiate connections with modern switches.If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. It took me several attempts to successfully use the mobile app provided by Netgear to find the address of the GS305E switch via my WiFi point.