frontpagephoinix | Staff posted Sep 10, 2025 07:15 AM
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frontpagephoinix | Staff posted Sep 10, 2025 07:15 AM
Netgear 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus Switch
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Might give this managed version a try.
Waiting for 2.5 or 10 gb copper switches to come down in price.
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The router (if it supports VLANs) will let you cross VLANs on your network. In decent sized networks you'd use a layer 3 switch and avoid passing traffic to the router entirely.
This is a nice switch for under $25, even if you don't need the smart features.
This is a quality switch at a more than fair price. Netgear has been making these for quite awhile (this is v4 btw) so it's going to be boring, stable, and not glitchy - personally things I want in my network. I have zero doubt that Netgear is going to be around for enough years to cover the warranty (if that's something to care about). I know the manual is written in non-broken English and will be available online many years from now from a non-extinct website/domain when I decide I want to fiddle with some feature and need to look it up. I have zero doubt that if needed someone is going to answer the phone/email if you need to communicate with them. I have zero doubt that this switch is spying on my traffic and transmitting to another country/entity/etc...
I know there are better deals to be had. I've picked up a generically named 8 port plastic managed gigabit switch for $10 (still that price on amazon too), I'm willing to roll the dice and feel confident enough I can get by without tech support / don't care about the unreadable manual / just using it for test bench basically so I don't care about dependability. For whatever reason the name on the switch doesn't match the company name in the product listing which is interesting. I also really hope the very cheap price is a testament to the quality of the components inside and not because they're subsidized by a foreign entity trying hard to make the sale for 'reasons'.
Just my 2 cents.
Might give this managed version a try.
Waiting for 2.5 or 10 gb copper switches to come down in price.
The reason I went with the TP-Link was because it could be configured and managed through a web interface and not through a proprietary app. this gives it a nearly unlimited lifetime. The Netgear switch as far as I can tell requires the use of their proprietary app to configure. that is not something I am interested in.
I much prefer a web interface like the TP-Link has.
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