Netgear 10g/multigigabit Unmanaged Switch 5 Ports

The Netgear 5 port 10G switch (XS505M) provides true 10Gbps network switching with multi speed capabilities at a reasonable price for a small home/business network of recent desktops like the Dell XPS 8930 Special Edition Tower, with a Aquantia AQtion 10G Gaming NIC, 5-Speed Ethernet Network card added.

Plugged one end into my NetGear NightHawk R9000 router and then plugged my 3 10GB NAS and PC into the switch. Worked the first time. No issues. Lights clearly showed I was connected at 10Gbits. Testing speed over a 15 ft Cat 7 cable achieved speed of exactly 10Gbits/s which is the maximum. Great stuff. I saw the video on Linus tips and he spend a fortune on equipment and could only get 500Mbits/s over hist 10G network so I feel great! Only issue is that it is not cheep at $300 but still the cheapest I could find with a reputable brand name. Also mine is about 8 feet from my desk and I can't here it so noise is not an issue. Highly recommended.

It worked well when it did. 8 months into its life the lights just say on. All the link lights are solid, no flicker, no indication of activity. You unplug it from the electrical and plug it back in; same story. Lights are fully up, and that is without anything plugged into the ports. I would no recommend getting this unit. It might be mine is a dud, however, be careful.

Worked great, but failed completely (all lights on green, switch completely unresponsive) after less than 6 months. NETGEAR support is a complete nightmare - probably the worst experience I have had so far (I filed a case online, they require you to call for an RMA, I call, input the case number, and the system tells me to open a case online and hangs up on me). I do not currently have confidence I will get the switch replaced. This switch also had various problems with non-Windows operating systems (Linux/BSD) on maintaining 10G connections to Intel 10G ethernet cards..it can be a little wonky depending on the NICs you're using. Yes, it's cheap for 10G, but like most things, there are some caveats. UPDATE June 2018: Replacement switch has not only completely failed in exactly the same way but NETGEAR still can't fix their phone system support to not hang up on you. I will never buy NETGEAR again.

5 ports in to the big leagues. I feel like it's 1992 again and I have my first 10 base t hub that cost me $600. THAT SAID, it is just about as revolutionary a leap.