NETGEAR GS105PE-10000S 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Managed Plus PoE Switch (GS105PE) - with 2 x PoE PD Powered @ 19W Pass-thru, Desktop, and ProSAFE Limited Lifetime Protection, Grey

I did not have a good history with Netgear devices, but this was the only small, affordable PoE-powered switch I could find, once my beloved Mikrotik RB260GS switches disappeared from the market. I won't hesitate next time; this Netgear switch has been fast and reliable. It's also plug-and-play -- out of the box, it's configured as a DHCP client and supports jumbo frames and 802.1p/DSCP-based QoS. This switch does not have the full set of Netgear Prosafe switch features, but it's got the basics, including VLANs, rate-limiting, port-based QoS, and port-mirroring -- and you can configure just about everying using the built-in web GUI; no need to install the utility software. This switch requires a PoE injector! If you're only powering the switch itself, you can get by with a TRENDnet TPE-113GI or similar, but if you plan to use the PoE pass-through feature you'll need a PoE+ injector like the TRENDnet TPE-115GI I'm using. Even so, be aware that this little switch can only reliably power ONE 802.3af device, like a 12W (24V/0.5A) IP phone or camera. With long cables, you get about 13W on a single port (no enough for many 802.3at devices), or 8W on each of two ports. Proprietary PoE devices like Ubiquiti WiFi gear won't work at all.

***NOTE*** This switch will not accept AC power from the wall, it can only accept Power over Ethernet. If you do not know what this means DO NOT ORDER THIS SWITCH. For the rest of you still with me, this switch fit perfectly into what I needed. This switch is powered over 802.3at (PoE+) from an upstream HP-E2910al-24G-PoE, and downstream is powers a GS108Tv2. Speed is full gigE full duplex, no worries there. VLAN capability is present and sufficient. The web management capability of the switch is a little neutered, as it participates in LLDP however does seem to have a way to display its own neighbor adjacencies. Regardless, this allowed me to stick this switch in a difficultly managed position, as well as redistribute PoE to another downstream switch in an equally awkward spot.

This is an awesome product as long as you understand what it is. This switch requires power from a POE device (either a switch or injector) and then can pass through that power to up 2 other devices. For my application, I am powering this in an upstairs office from an AT POE (aka POE+) switch located in a downstairs closet. I am using the two non-POE pass-through ports for ethernet to a computer and printer. I am using one of the POE pass-through ports to power a VOIP box connected to my fax machines. It works like a charm. I am getting full gigabit speeds on all ports.

I should've heeded the advice of other reviewers... this thing is junk for powering other devices. I wanted to use this to power a Unifi AP AC Pro wifi access point, which is 802.3af compatible and draws at most 10 watts (making it a class 0 or 3 PD device). The WAP is the only POE device to be powered by the GS105PE. I made sure to update the firmware on the GS105PE to the latest revision. I'm powering it from a 802.3at switch, and the switch confirms it's providing POE+ to the GS105PE. It's not a very long cable run, about 25 feet. According to all the netgear documentation and FAQs, this setup should be working fine... but it doesn't. The port LED just blinks uselessly green and the WAP doesn't get powered at all. This thing doesn't work as advertised at all, it's a waste of my time. The worst part is, there's no way to diagnose it. The control panel (either web based on through the desktop application) doesn't tell you what's happening as far as POE. There's no status for any of the ports. All you've got are these useless LEDs that blink meaninglessly. What if the WAP is presenting itself as an 802.3at device instead of 802.3af? It's not supposed to be, but it COULD be possible if there's a defect in the firmware, and that would explain why things aren't working. Or what if there isn't enough power being delivered by the parent POE switch in the first place? No way to know. I have NO WAY to diagnose anything with this useless trash. It does work as a POE-powered GBE switch, and that can be useful. But you could just get a GS108T for exactly the same price. It can be powered by POE or AC, it has 8 GBE ports instead of 5, and it's a managed switch with many more features. Just stay away from this GS105PE, or upgrade to the more feature-rich (and much more expensive) Netonix WS-6-MINI WISP Switch

I purchased this unit because it sounded like the perfect solution to a current problem; "how can I minimize the number of 'wall-warts' on my power strip?". This little gigabit switch is supposed to pass POE (802.3af) out through 2 ports from a POE+ (802.3at) input. The specs state that it's max passage capacity is 21.5 watts, which should be plenty for two security cameras, even with both running IR leds. Unfortunately, that isn't what happens in the real world. I have this unit on the end of a Cisco 2960S switch (set to 'auto' POE) and it does power this switch and pass POE through one or the other port, just not both at the same time. :( I've tested this unit, not only at the end of a multiple-terminated cable run, but also straight off the 2960S with 'factory-built', 1-foot CAT6 cables and achieved the same result: good power on one or the other port, but not both. To be clear, all ports work great as a 4-port, straight gigabit switch, but 2 of those are supposed to pass POE on both, at the same time, and they don't. It's not really a HUGE problem, just disappointing. I've talked with the Netgear support folks (who are great, BTW!) and I have no doubt that they would happily replace a faulty item, but, for me, it's not worth the effort. It still performs great as a POE-powered gigabit switch (that, by itself, makes this a worthwhile purchase) but I wanted to be able to test/troubleshoot more than one POE item at a time. Oh well.

This is essentially a PoE extender/splitter. A switch that runs on PoE power through its PD port, but also offers PoE pass-through to 2 devices. That is AWESOME. If you want a PoE switch that powers your PoE devices, this is not the correct device. Great for feeds to satellite offices in a warehouse. Great for using a single existing data connection to get 2 VoIP phones and 2 computers/printers running in an office and have everything powered off the main PoE switch. Off a standard PoE supply, it powered the switch and one phone. I'll have to get a beefier supply or PoE+ port to get both pass-through ports working. I wish it worked on less PoE power. It seems the switch plus 2 low-power phones would not exceed the 15W budget. Probably gigabit is what's eating up the extra power. Would be nice if you could force this into a low-power FE 100Mb mode to accomplish that. ** no it doesn't come with a power adapter. That's not surprising, and keeps this device cheaper. Who wants that when you're buying it to use with PoE? What's important is that it has NO PORT for using an optional power adapter. It can ONLY be powered via PoE.

This device works, and thus what it advertises, so that's a plus. It's also fairly compact, and I can easily hide it and keep it out of the way. A couple of issues I've found: You have to be very careful when plugging and unplugging cables from certain ports. They can easily get stuck, requiring a bit of force to remove, and the port itself is not very sturdy. I accidentally damaged the port when removing a cable that got stuck, causing the tab to no longer click, or the cable to be able to be secured - you could still insert it, but a tap could cause it to disconnect. I've seen this happen on devices that had seen years of ethernet cables getting connected/disconnected on a daily basis, but never saw it happen so easily/quickly. The web UI for configuring it is pretty simple, but is fairly limited, especially when it comes to POE passthrough. And when I say limited, I mean there is zero mention of poe in the web ui, or any of their configuration tools (also their prosafe utility is really crappy - the UX is awful, and it's just a copy of the web ui options basically; if you have more than 1 netgear device it might make sense to use it, but even then I'd rather assign them static IPs and have a webpage with a list of links to their IPs). I needed a switch powered by POE, that had POE passthrough because I wanted extra ethernet ports where I had my UAP-AC-LITE mounted, and had no extra outlets available. I initially wanted to power this with 802.3af, and passthrough power to the UAP-AC-LITE. This did not work, because you can't override the device class for specific ports, and this switch just assumed class 0, and thus didn't have enough power budget when powered by 802.3af. I then tried this switch: https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DGS-1100-05PD-Managed-PoE-Powered-Extender/dp/B00PVDR1U8 That one did allow for override device class, but did not work with my UAP-AC-LITE. When I stressed the AP, the switch would suddenly become unable to provide enough power to the AP, and the AP would restart. I decided to bite the bullet and switch my 802.3af injector with an 802.3at injector (highly recommend https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075HDVG28 for its price and power budget; it's been working excellently for me, although it's kind of an unknown brand), thinking that maybe the issue was with the AP, while it was advertised as consuming max 6.5W (and this was connected via a very short cable, so power lost in the cable was unlikely to be the issue), maybe it consumed more when stressed. I was sad to see that that didn't work. I suspect either a bug with how the power to provide is calculated, or some abnormal voltage drop across the switch (I did see it provide only 45V to the AP). Note: the D-LINK might work well for your project, and the AP only really rebooted when I stressed it (transmission speed of about 400Mbps, for prolonged amounts of time). It is likely that it would work just fine for other devices. It is also possible that it's a bug specific to unifi products (I found people having similar issues with the D-LINK powering APs on ubnt forums, and on a review of the switch). That's when I came back to this switch, and it has been working fine. The main gripe I have with it is the lack of configuration options, and that will hopefully be fixed in future firmware (it doesn't affect me right now too much, since I only need to power a single device, but if I need another one, this will be annoying :/). The fragile ports are annoying, but it's just a matter of being extra careful. A couple of other options exist: https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Gigabit-Edgesmart-Wall-Mountable-TPE-521ES/dp/B07H28VLFZ - cheaper than this netgear switch, but more expensive than the D-LINK switch; I didn't test this due to not being able to get it in time to complete my project, so I can't really form an opinion on it; https://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Networks-US-8-Unifi-Switch/dp/B01MZ32B1B - also didn't get it due to not being able to get it in time, but it's also substantially more expensive than the other options; it also only has one POE passthrough port (in my case that would have been fine, but that's not necessarily true for everyone; on the other hand you get more ethernet ports in return, and for me it would have been nice to also configure it from the unifi controller).

I have had this switch wall mounted and PoE powered in an automotive repair bay area for 3 years now. I've had zero problems with it and most importantly Netgear released several firmware updates along the way. It has held up well to being in an environment often exposed to high heat, high humidity and chemical fumes without any problems whatsoever. It does have a quirk with VLANs though, unable to communicate with Linksys or HP switches in this regard. I would definitely buy it again if I didn’t use VLANs.

一般的なツイストペアケーブルでは最大伝送長が100mとなっており、それ以上離れた場所と通信するためには間にHUBをかませる必要があります。HUBの設置場所に電源が確保できればいいのですが、電源を取るのが難しい場合もあると思います。 このHUBはPoE受電で動作しますので、HUBの設置場所に電源を確保する必要がありません。またPoE+の規格で給電した場合にはHUBの配下にもPoEで給電することができるので、本HUBを2台カスケード接続することが可能となり、最大で300m離れた場所までGbitイーサを延長することが可能となります。 実際にNETGEARのGS310TPからPoE+で給電し、GS105PEを2台カスケード接続して使用していますが、Gbitで問題なく通信できています。最初の導入からは3年程経過しましたが故障なども起きていませんので信頼性も十分かと思います。

I needed a remote switch without the hassles of having to use yet another power outlet. Another requirement was that it has to be a managed switch and to support multiple VLANs with 802.1q and without big dollars attached to it. I personally find the GUI a little odd to use as I am more of a CLI guy but once I figured it all out and had it configured, it works perfectly as per its intended task.

Eigentlich war mein Grundkonzept für meine Netzwerktopologie keine Switches zu kaskadieren. Daher liegen bei mir sehr viel Netzwerkkabel in der Wand. Aber jetzt ist es passiert, das ein Netzwerkanschluß zu wenig da ist. Daher habe ich den NETGEAR GS105PE Switch gekauft, da mein "Root Switch" ein Cisco 26 Port PoE fähiger Switch ist, und ich auf Netzteile, und noch mehr Kabel verzichten wollte. Der Karton des NETGEAR GS105PE ist recht klein, es ist ein üblicher brauner Karton für so ein Switch. Da der kleine Netgear Switch eher im Business Sektor anzusiedeln ist, wäre eine bunte Hochglanz Verpackung eher eine Überraschung. In der Verpackung ist der Netzwerkswitch, eine kleine deutsche Anleitung, ein englischspachiges Faltblatt bzgl. der Garantie, und ein englischsprachiges Faltblatt über Geräte Sicherheits Informationen, und Software Update Informationen. Es sind noch jede menge andere Sprachversion der Anleitung vorhanden, und ein paar weitere Faltblätter in chinesisch (???)... Es ist auch noch eine kleine Tüte mit zwei Schrauben, und Dübeln dabei für die Wandmontage. Wichtig bei diesem Switch ist, das er ausschließlich über PoE versorgt werden kann. Es gibt KEINE Möglichkeit den Switch klassisch mit einem Netzteil zu betreiben! Für mich ist das kein Problem, ich habe in meinem Cisco den entsprechenden Power PoE konfiguriert, und der Switch wurde dann auch sofort mit Energie versorgt. Ich habe die beiden Endgeräte am Switch angeschlossen, und das war es letztlich. Alles funktioniert wie erwartet. Das hat man recht selten - auspacken - zusammenstecken - funktioniert! Ich habe dem Switch aber dann doch konfiguriert, da ich dem Switch zu besseren Identifikation einen Namen vergeben habe, und überprüft habe, ob die aktuellste Firmware auf dem Gerät ist. Das war übrigens der Fall. Beim ersten einloggen muß man übrigens eine neues Passwort vergeben. Fazit: Ich habe an dem Switch absolut nichts zu meckern. Es funktioniert alles so wie gewünscht. Der Preis ist soweit in Ordnung. Auch die Anleitung ist absolut ausreichend. Das initiale Passwort ist dort nämlich genannt. Ich kann diesen Switch empfehlen falls man eine einfache Erweiterung im Netzwerk benötigt, und einen PoE versorgten Switch sucht!

I had a 800 ft run and had to insert something to extend the network signal from a PoE switch. It was a connection from one switch to another, so I initially inserted an extender. To my surprise, the PoE extender would not start up unless there was a current draw first. Turns out I had to 'kick start' the injector every time there was a power outage. As my client was doing some construction in the parking levels, this was not uncommon and they would loose all the cameras on one end of the building. Getting power to this particular location to insert a switch was complicated, so I desperately scoured the internet and found this little gem. It worked like gangbusters. It draws PoE, so the connection is restored after an outage. Absolutely thrilled!

Switch utilisé pour multiplier mes prises réseaux là où il en manquait. Comme toujours avec les switches Netgear, la qualité est au rendez-vous. Le fait de pouvoir alimenter le switch par PoE est génial, pas besoin d'une prise électrique! Acheté lorsque le prix a baissé à moins de 50 euros, une belle affaire! J'ai aimé : -l'alimentation du switch par PoE -la facilité d'utilisation -le rapport qualité/prix Je n'ai pas aimé : -RAS Je recommande fortement ce produit à tous ceux qui veulent multiplier leurs prises réseaux et qui disposent déjà d'un switch PoE en amont afin de pouvoir alimenter ce switch sans prise électrique, ou via injection PoE à la source du câble Ethernet.