- 24 auto-sensing Gigabit RJ45 ports + 4 SFP Gigabit Fiber Ports
- 24 Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) ports including 8 PoE+ (803at) ports, 192w total PoE budget
- Comprehensive networking features such as VLAN, QoS, IGMP and MLD snooping, Static Routing, Link Aggregation, ACL
- Auto Voice/Video VLAN speed up VoIP and IP Surveillance deployments
- Easy to use Web management GUI, IPv6 management supported
- LIFETIME WARRANTY
- LIFETIME Advanced Tech Support via chat
Product Reviews
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
That said, I installed this switch three months ago to connect to and to power multiple wireless access points for a large multi story building. Configuration is accomplished via browser. After several reboots during the configuration it has not been necessary to reboot or in any other way deal with this switch. If I do have to deal with it, it has it’s own IP address so I can log into it remotely.
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
We couldn’t be more happy about them.
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
It’s worked extremely well; so, when we expended into a new section of the office, we decided to use this smaller version to expand our network.
Fortunately, the performance of this GS728TP is just as good as the original switch – and our phones and network are continuing to run perfectly.
Here are the things we like about these switches:
1) The performance is excellent. We’re running a total of 21 IP phones as well as computers and servers through these two switches without any hick-ups.
2) They auto-detect whether a device needs power or not, and automatically supply power if needed. There isn’t any problem with running PoE and non-PoE equipment through the same switch.
3) The GUI isn’t perfect; but, it isn’t bad either. I can only access it using Internet Explorer in ‘Compatibility Mode’, so keep that in mind – Chrome doesn’t work at all.
Even though I’m definitely giving the router a well-deserved 5 stars, there are some issues to be aware of:
1) The VLAN stuff isn’t very intuitive, and it’s spread between several different menus – which makes it even more complicated. Even the Netgear support people had trouble figuring out what the settings should be to get it working…
2) This switch absolutely did NOT like Netgear’s own Prosecure UTM-9 Router. Originally, I thought the problem was with the switch; but, we ended up moving over to a Peplink Balance 305 Router, and the problems completely went away. With the UTM-9, our IP phones were almost unusable with this switch; but, they’re working better than ever with the Peplink 305. (We did work with Netgear support on this, but they couldn’t figure out what the problem was either.)
I know this switch is expensive (at least compared to the switch we were using); but, if you’re looking to get good bandwidth, combined with reliable PoE capabilities, I would highly recommend it. This has been well worth the money for us – and we’re able to discard all those irritating power bricks that came with the phones. 🙂
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
One minor issue which I’m not deducting for in this review but which should not have happened: there was a slight noise when first powering on the device. I didn’t have time to send it back so, reluctantly, I opened it – which didn’t require breaking any seals. With the cover off it was easy to see that the noise was coming from a wire that had apparently moved during shipping and was interfering with the cooling fan. I rerouted the wire and the noise disappeared.
Score: 4/5 Source: Amazon.com
Score: 5/5 Source: Amazon.com
The web interface is very intuitive and easy to use as such.
The fans are fairly quiet but I am glad I mounted my rack in the garage. Putting this in an out of the way closet or the garage like I did is the best way to go I believe.
Score: 2/5 Source: Amazon.com