NETGEAR 8-Port PoE Gigabit Ethernet Plus Switch (GS108PEv3) - Managed, with 4 x PoE @ 53W, Desktop or Wall Mount, and Limited Lifetime Protection

This NETGEAR 8-port switch is a solid choice for small networks. It's easy to set up and provides reliable gigabit speeds. The PoE+ feature is a big plus, allowing me to power devices like IP cameras and wireless access points without needing separate power adapters. The compact size makes it easy to place on a desk or mount on a wall.

This is an excellent switch. It's fast, small, attractive, and has a great set of features. That's especially true for the price. It has PoE. It has 802.1Q VLANs. It looks and feels nice. The web interface is exceedingly simple to understand and use.There is only one gripe with the GS108PE: the abomination that is the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool (NSDT). It finds nothing. It doesn't work. It is really a combination with a sort of weird DHCP implementation on the switch's management software itself. Between the two of them, it will look like your switch is not working correctly. This is even worse if it appears to work intermittently.If your switch does not get a DHCP address immediately upon boot, it sets itself to a static IP address and doesn't retry. You need to connect to the switch over ethernet and manually set a static IP on your computer to access the switch. The NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool (NSDT), made by the manufacturer and completely aware of this behavior could do this for you. It sounds like that's what it would do given it's name. No, it just does a simple NMAP of your network and looks for any switches. What a piece of junk. Once you get past that hurdle, though, this switch is great.

I was looking for an affordable POE switch to add to my home lab. I wasn’t going to be doing anything too fancy with it, but I did want the capability to remote into the switch and do some basic administrator of it, but nothing at the level of Cisco IOS. I already had an unmanaged Netgear switch in the lab, so I opted to stay with the brand I already knew and trusted, and look for model that offered POE capability.After looking at what was available, I went with the GS108PEv3, and purchased an Open-Box one from Amazon warehouse. Going this route, I save $15 on the switch and still had the guaranteed that is something was wrong with it, Amazon would refund me the cost. Luckily, I didn’t need to use this service, switch came well wrapped from the warehouse, with no obvious scratches or marks on it. Switch booted up right away and I immediately went through the paces of configuring it.First thing first, firmware update check. One was available and I immediately upgraded it. Came up right after the upgrade, so no chip problem there. Even though this is categorized as a managed switch, the actual settings are pretty basic, and easily understood. Next came the actual reason for this, powering up a couple POR devices I had laying about. Again, plugged them in, and everything came up as expected. Tested all the ports on the switch, and everything was communicating as expected. I will not be testing any network intensive products, so I do not expect this device to have any issues with the traffic I will be generating.Overall, I’m happy with my new additional my home lab. It adds the POE functionality that I wanted, and with breaking bank.

This is a REVISED review after learning more about my network issues. The GS108PP is probably a perfectly fine switch, but time will tell.This switch seems expensive for what it is. However, I guess part of the price is for the POE feature. If you don't need POE, skip this unit for less expensive switches. I needed POE. If you need POE, this is a good choice. It is actually "POE+".I use UVerse gigabit internet (1000Mbps) by AT&T which includes a Pace 5286 modem. From the back of the Pace 5286, I ran a Cat 5e patch cable to this Netgear switch. When I initially connected my devices to this Netgear switch, one hard-wired desktop on the network would drop down from 1Gbps to 100Mbps for no apparent reason. It would hum along getting 1Gig speed, then drop to 100Mbps out of the blue and stay there unless I did a hard reboot of everything, flushed DNS, etc.....headache!In my initial review of this switch, I penalized the product with 3 stars because I thought the switch was the culprit. However, the speed reduction for the desktop in question also happened when the desktop was connected directly to the UVerse Pace 5286 modem's switch (thereby eliminating the Netgear switch from the equation).So, the Netgear switch is probably not part of the problem. Thus, this is a revised review.Now, I think the culprit might have been my Cat 5e cabling to the device in question. I switched out the home-made Cat 5e cable for new store-bought Cat 5e and the issue seems to be gone (for now). I'll post an update if things change.REVISED SUMMARY: So far, I can RECOMMEND the GS108PP switch by Netgear if you need "POE+".

You generally get what you pay for. This is worth the extra money. Capably powers all my PoE devices without any issue, and I've got over a dozen. Works fine with non-PoE ethernet, too. The only slight thing to be aware of is that the fan makes a fair bit of a hum, but we have ours in a data/tech closet so we don't really hear it. If you intend to have this on a desk next to you while you work, you will hear it, but it's not "loud" per se, just constant whirring. Still, if this is going somewhere where you won't hear it or won't care, then it's the best possible unit for both powering PoE and getting fast data from non-PoE and PoE alike. Five stars, would totally recommend.

Using to power outdoor security cameras. Has been working without issue for some time now. Have never had to power-cycle it and it has survived many power cuts.