NETGEAR GS716TNA Giga Smart Switch 16Pt

by Netgear

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20 x 15 x 5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00077ALPA
• Item model number: GS716TNA
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,251 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

Netgear Giga Smart Switch 16Pt

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Loud, poor feature set., September 28, 2007

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Technologist "jason" (Marlton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: NETGEAR GS716TNA Giga Smart Switch 16Pt (Electronics)

Ok, so it lets electrons flow in the expected way. It does work as a 10/100/1000 switch. BUT, when something is billed as a "Smart Switch", I expect it to be - get this - smart. Simply throwing a web ui on it doesn't make it smart.

Let's make a list of the things this switch doesn't support.

1. 802.3ad link aggregation. The specs on Netgear's site claim 802.3ad support, but it's just not there. The $130 GS108T even does proper 802.3ad.

2. Network Time - Again, the much cheaper GS108T does NTP.

3. Syslog support - A so-called "smart switch" should generate log entries for various events, right? Right? Nope. Doesn't do it.

4. Be quiet - This switch is billed as usable in a rack mounted environment or as a "desktop switch". Great, if your desktop is in the middle of a noisy warehouse. Not so great if your desktop is in an otherwise quiet room. I blame the crappy 2x 40mm fans that operate full time when the switch is turned on.

I can live without logging or ntp support, but I need link aggregation. Since the cheaper GS108T, from the same family of products, supports this feature, and the Netgear site claims the GS716T supports it, you'd like to think it would, right? Eek. It's sitting on my front step right now waiting for UPS to take this abomination back to Amazon.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Netgear Smart Switch, July 23, 2007

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Karen S. Davis "nobody special" (Santa Clara, Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NETGEAR GS716TNA Giga Smart Switch 16Pt (Electronics)

Excellent product with bandwidth shaping properties, great price. Used for high-traffic internal and DMZ subnets.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too darn loud, March 19, 2008

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G. Lyster "glyster" (Ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NETGEAR GS716TNA Giga Smart Switch 16Pt (Electronics)

If you're going to put this thing in a closet with a heavy door and insulation, you could be OK - It's performance is great. It's just too darn loud. I returned it for a more costly D-Link switch.