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expiredEragorn | Staff posted Feb 10, 2025 11:21 PM

Netgear 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch

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Amazon has Netgear 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch (GS308E) for $24.99. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $35+ orders.

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Features:
  • 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports
  • Plus software with easy-to-use interface offers basic managed capabilities to configure, secure, and monitor your network
  • Supports desktop or wall mount placement
  • Industry-leading 5-year limited hardware warranty
  • Energy efficient design compliant with IEEE802.3az

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    • Our research indicates that this deal is $7.55 less (23% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $32.54 at the time of this posting.
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Update: This popular deal is still available.

Amazon has Netgear 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch (GS308E) for $24.99. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on $35+ orders.

Thanks to Deal Hunter Eragorn for finding this deal.

Features:
  • 8 Gigabit Ethernet ports
  • Plus software with easy-to-use interface offers basic managed capabilities to configure, secure, and monitor your network
  • Supports desktop or wall mount placement
  • Industry-leading 5-year limited hardware warranty
  • Energy efficient design compliant with IEEE802.3az

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This beats a November 2024 Frontpage deal.
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $7.55 less (23% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $32.54 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.7 from over 60 customer reviews.
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stevenshepherd
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Unfortunately no. There is No CLI or SSH support. No SNMP. Very basic features (VLAN, QoS, etc.). You must use their software, or web GUI. To get SSH/CLI..etc, need the GS3xxT line which of course are significantly more expensive than this.
Tom_Chan
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It's nice that this switch has 2 LEDs per port indicating the speed of the link (10M/100M/1G); cheaper ones don't have that and you have to check from the computer/switch.

Do update the firmware (1.0.1.3 here https://www.netgear.com/support/p.../#download) and change the default password (which is "password" 😂) even if you don't use the smart managed features.
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The about this deal is wrong. It was $27.99 last week, so this is $2.99 better than last week.

I bought it last week and set it up this weekend to light up the Ethernet jacks in my apartment. It just works right out of the box. I have 6 jacks, so this was perfect. It also improved throughput. Rooms where the Wi-Fi was only getting 300 MB are now getting the advertised 1 gb speed. I highly recommend Ethernet over Wi-Fi whenever possible.

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Quote from Deal_breaker_0 :
The best ever... great deal.
why's that?
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
why's that?
tad unsure as well, but this is $3 less than the Frontpage deal I shared back around Black Friday.
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
why's that?
VLANs
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
and those are?
Just wrap it and you will not have to worry about it.
UsuallyEEK!
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
and those are?
Used for segmenting your network.

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ajtaurus2011Feb 11, 2025 07:37 AM
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Quote from LavenderPickle7682 :
and those are?
Basically a fundamental item of network engineering, basically we can split your network into different segments for diffident use, this switch lets you do that, this is a technical thing and not needed for 99.999 percent of consumers (it's always there but you don't need to aware of it)
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It's nice that this switch has 2 LEDs per port indicating the speed of the link (10M/100M/1G); cheaper ones don't have that and you have to check from the computer/switch.

Do update the firmware (1.0.1.3 here https://www.netgear.com/support/p.../#download) and change the default password (which is "password" 😂) even if you don't use the smart managed features.
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pobonilla415Feb 11, 2025 08:19 AM
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Anyone know if it is possible to configure this using command line interface (CLI) or all graphical user interface (GUI)?

Either way awesome deal.
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Need PoE+.
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Can't you setup VLANs and segment the network from the router? Or is this for cases when the router has limited functionality?
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Hopefully I can use this to balance the bandwidth between my computer and my son's...which my Verizon cable modem tends to suck at
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