Great little switch for home, or small office (Netgear FS605)

Member Name: Danneey

Product:	Netgear FS605
Date:	02/05/07 (532 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: small, plug and play, cheap

Disadvantages: not manageable but at this price, can't complain

I've known Netgear's stuff through work, and needed a little switch for home as I have currently have three PCs connected and sharing an internet connection.

For those who are unaware of what a network switch does, it allows multiple computers to talk to one-another via their network cards. As most PCs now come with at least one network port as standard, then having more than PC in a household becomes an interesting prospect.

This is the smallest 5 port switch I have ever seen, not much wider than the 5 network ports at it's rear. The unit comes with a power supply, but no network cables, these will need to be purchased seperately.

Each port has a single status indicator on the front of the switch, flashing when transfer is taking place.

This is a 10/100 network switch, gigabit switches are available elsewhere. This switch is non-manageable, that is to say, you can't connect to it remotely to determine what ports are active. At this price though, you can't complain, it's a good little switch.

Summary: Great for sharing an ADSL connection