1st experience with 10Gb backbone port aggregation
on May 11, 2026
Posted by: Jim_who_cares
Verified Purchase:Yes
I have a home network, and do not want/need the Netgear management subscription. I was trying to link old hardware that does not support new Netgear defaults, and Netgear support was useless. I filed a case that was never responded to. AI saved the day
I bought one of these a few years ago because of the POE PD feature.I was disappointed to find that an internet connection is required to "unlock" any useful functionality. Once you've done that, make sure you don't do the reset to factory settings because you might find that Netgear support has trouble getting you a new code. That's just the start. I had two of these fail in exactly the same way (they reboot themselves continuously after power is applied, resulting in lots of flashing light but no functionality of any kind). The replacement unit also failed.
This is a great switch, easy to configure works well. However, I went to mount it on the wall with the screw slots provided in the back. Slid the switch on and it stoped working. Contacted support, turns out that there is a thin plastic cover between the circuit board and where the mounting screw hole is. The screw likely had a sharp edge and cut though the thin plastic cover and shorted out the switch. Netgear refuses to help me out so I need to buy a replacement switch. The Support engineer was actually kinda rude and said I used too much force. Sad to say, I was going to upgrade my wireless system to a Netgear solution, but now, I'm not buying any more Netgear products. Their Lifetime warrantee has lots of caveats. If you have have this product, take extra caution mounting it, they dont have much protection around the mounting holes. If possible use a plastic screw.
Product does a nice inexpensive job for a managed switch. Instruction manual is indepth and well documented; however would be nice for a section to give case and best usage info would be helpful for the less technical as some of the options need little better definition. All-in-all would buy again. Java plugin works with IE but via Switch View it doesn't for EDGE.
Folks, if you could change the GUI, particularly the VLAN advanced settings so that you can view and modify more VLANs at once, instead of working them on by one, that would help. the GUI is not very user-friendly. Other than that its a great little product.