NETGEAR 16-Port PoE+ Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Essentials Switch (GS316PP) – with 16 x PoE+ @ 183W, Desktop or Wall Mount

Perfect for a mixed network environment
Works great in a mixed environment. I am using 15 of the 16 ports. I have a mix of devices – 1GB, 100MB, non-POE, POE. The switch handles them all. No setup, it just works. Quality build, solid case. Before I have multiple switches and POE injectors, but no more. And at a great price. Used two screws and mounted on the wall. Easy 5 stars.

Trouble free you don’t know it’s there.
This switch has been reliable for about a year now. Simple and trouble-free. Been through an earthquake and multiple power surges.

Switch is Fine. Customer Service is Painful
I had questions for Netgear customer support. Be prepared for the following:1. Netgear offers support for 90 days AFTER you register the product.2. To register the product you must go on to their website and create a user name and password.3. Then enter the serial number of product. Ok, that’s not unusual.4. I opted for sending questions through their online system. They responded wanting a photo of the back of the product and a copy of the receipt.5. I asked my question(s). I opened two cases: (a) One was about power imparted through the ethernet cable (PoE), if any, by routers and computers on a switch . Their literature makes such an issue of watts per port, I wanted to know. I am not a network engineer and perhaps answer should be obvious, but you know what they say about “assume.” (b) I sent them a schematic of my proposed system showing three switches and asked for comments about it.6. Then I received a message asking for my phone number. So I sent it back through their online support web page. Then I get a response stating they recommend not sharing personal info (WTF?).7. I then get a voice mail on my phone at 7 AM. The person says, in broken English, calling about case number ****(a), please contact us. Never did the person identify that they were with Netgear, did not give their name, did not give me a phone number for returning their call. It sounded like a spam call. The only reason I realized it was Netgear was that I recognized the last four of case number.8. Then for case b, they closed the case and asked me to call into an 877 phone number for support.9. When I called in that number, the second or third tier of the automated system asks for the first two letters of your product serial number. It never comes up with the letters “GC” for a switch. In another portion of automated sysem, they say if it is a router or mesh, press 1, for a cable modem press 2, etc up to press 9. Never got to a switch.10. Finally got backed out of that automated part and was able to enter my case number and was transferred to a human. The gentleman did not speak great English. I was patient and asked questions in several ways and got my question across. We talked about my case (b) and he said my schematic should work. Then we talked case (a) about power imparted and he said no load imparted from pc or router. I asked it the case would now be closed, and he said he would leave it open for a bit. I thanked him very much for his help.10. The day after I spoke to rep, I got an email from Netgear re case (a) asking if they could close the case.

Easy!!
Got this to replace two older switches as we needed fewer ports. Took it out of the box, unwrapped it, hooked up the cables and power. That was it. Works great! The only thing that would be better is if NETGEAR had a tech guy in the Amazon truck who would pop in and do all that for you. My point is that this is one the easiest pieces of tech gear that I have ever installed even though I am no tech wizard. Thanks, NETGEAR, for making this.

It is a netgear

Works well, cool running, metal case, bottom screw mount, no excessive RF noise, worth the extra dollars