



The MS305 (pay attention to the model number when purchasing) is a fine addition to a home network, especially with moving moderately large amounts of data between devices (pictures, streaming, archives) internally or via the Internet.


4x 10G 24x POE/POE+



Worked out of the box. Handles network load without a problem.


* Nice compact form factor * Included power adapter option is nice * Even nicer is being able to power it off PoE - one less wire/plug socket to deal with * Integrates well with the UniFi Network app, showing what devices are connected to it




Have three of these switches - all seem to be perfectly stable (in service about a year and a half now), and Netgear seems to do a decent job keeping up with firmware updates for it (have fixed a couple of critical security vulnerabilities and at least currently my Greenbone Security Assistant setup is happy with them). Dual firmware image slots, and the ability to use it totally offline with no cloud garbage enabled, SSH access, and even the web interface is decently speedy. It's pretty much all you can ask for in a small, passively cooled, smart gigabit switch.




I am a network admin and needed a smaller switch for my home network. So far this one has been amazing. No problems.

Simply works as expected.