NetGear GS605

Pros: Inexpensive, works as advertised.

Cons: No cons come to mind.

Review: When I was recently in the market for a Gigabit switch, I was unable to justify the price of a managed switch from the likes of Dell or Cisco. This switch is nothing fancy, just a name brand 5 port Gigabit switch. It can be laid down horizontally, ...

Pros: Inexpensive and small.

Cons: Doesn't support UPnP

Review: It has a nice appearance, and reasonably small - a little larger than two packs of cigarettes side by side. I bought it because I had one network jack in a spare bedroom, and wanted to put both a PC and a PVR in that room. The PVR had been in there for ...

Pros: Cheap, performs well when it works

Cons: Unreliable, bad tech support

The Bottom Line: If you want to try your luck with their quality, it's a fairly good entry-level GBE switch.

Review: It's a bargain for a desktop Gigabit switch. I got it for less than $40. It worked fine for about 9 month. Performance is good and really made a difference when I move gigabyte-sized files between computers. Then it stopped working. It's a rather ...