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Customer Reviews for NETGEAR GS605 10/100/1000Mbps Desktop Switch 5 x Auto-speed-sensing UTP ports 4000 MAC Address Table 128KB Buffer Memory - Retail
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Review Summary (218 Reviews): Rating + 4
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HPLA
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg

Rating + 5 reliable ...so far


Pros: 3 months and still working, never had to reset/recycle power yet. I have heavy traffic through it alot, like HD video streaming from one PC storage to another. Like the green is gigabit orange is megabit identification. So I know it's working.

Cons: very light, cables behind it drags it off my table. Put something heavy on top to stable it.

There should be a product that's similar to paper weight, called switch weight.

Other Thoughts: I regret not getting the version with more ports, 5 is just not enough anymore!

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JustJim
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Rating + 1 Junk


Pros: It does work at 100 mbps speeds

Cons: After a week, only 2 ports still work at 1000 mbs; don't waste your money. Runs hot hot hot!

Other Thoughts: Try a different brand, this is complete junk

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cbach1997
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg

Rating + 4 Excellent price, fine entry level switch


Pros: Excellent pricepoint for gigabit performance

Cons: Runs a bit warm. I have it vertically oriented as I was concerned over stacking it near anything else horizontally. Additionally, with most machines gigabit capable I seldom connect at gigabit speeds; it seems very sensitive to the cabling you use. Some short cables rated at CAT6 do not handshake at 1Gbit, while others do. Running at 100 just doesn't cut it for me, hence the purchase and subsequent frustration,

Other Thoughts: Can sustain up to 90MB/sec transfers with two WD Black Edition drives on separate machines when gigabit connected. Awesome.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg

Rating + 1 Netgear doesn't issue rebate checks


Pros: Switch works fine

Cons: Netgear sends rebate as a Credit Card instead of a check. Major pain.

Other Thoughts: Automatic 1 egg for any company that sends me a gift credit card as a rebate instead of a check

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Kovu S.
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg

Rating + 5 netgear gigabit switch


Pros: very quick assembly and virtually no "initial setup" to wait for after plugging in ethernet. You don't have to use the stand clips if you don't want to.

Its also really shiny :D

Cons: none unless you don't like shiny.

Other Thoughts: would be nice to have an indicator for whether the incoming line is getting 100mB/s or even full gigabit. but I digress.

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bluespot
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year

Rating + 1 Dead after 15 months


Pros: Cheap

Cons: Died after ~15 months, out of warranty. Didn't outright fail either, just intermittently slowed down connections. Wasted about 5 hours troubleshooting to find this bugger :(

Other Thoughts: Get something else.

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JAK
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Rating + 5 Love It


Pros: Good price. Good quality. Reliable. Looks nice on the desk. Clearly shows if Gb or 10/100 is in use through LED color.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: A great replacement to a Linksys/Cisco almost brand new faulty switch.

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JDub
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg

Rating + 2


Pros: -Cheap
-Jumbo Frames

Cons: -Ports grab the rj-45 connectors and need pliers to remove
-Light and flimsy stand

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sy
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

Rating + 4 works


Pros: Gigabit, price

Cons: hot to touch

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Rich
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg

Rating + 2 Xbox friendly?


Pros: It's a switch. It does what it's supposed to do.

Cons: Drops Xbox LIVE connection at random. Drops Steam connection as well. (though not as often as Xbox) When there's no activity on the ports, it's supposed to automatically turn them off to save power. However no matter what I do, I can't restore those ports without unplugging the switch itself.(This is after hours of no usage. If I do it right away, it works fine)

Other Thoughts: I called Netgear to see if anything like this has happened like this before. They said they have no record of it in the past. They also said there is no troubleshooting guide available for this switch.(They just try to see if the rest of your setup is correct)I'm going to RMA this unit and hope that the next is OK. If not, I'll be looking for one from another manufacturer. On a side note, they also said there may be compatibility issues between the Xbox and the switch. I found this kind of funny because there's actually a picture of an Xbox 360 on the instruction sheet!
Setup: Verizon Router->Switch->PC, Xbox 360 All systems on the network have static IPs.

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