NETGEAR 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch (JGS516) - Desktop or Rackmount, and Limited Lifetime Protection

Love! Bought this and 24 port model for network upgrade. Excellent choice!

!UPDATE! Its been a little under A year that Ive had this thing and NO problems at all. I love it! All the ports work perfectly and I cant seem to notice a decrease in speed when the network is being jammed with data. I never have to restart this switch (the only times that it does get turned off is when the power goes out/flashes) so its always on and doesnt usually get a break. This switch is amazing, and so is all of net gears stuff!!! I have never had a single problem with anything from net gear (now Cisco is a different story haha). I purchased this switch on August 10, 2013 (Received it on August 14, 2013). I opened it up and simply plugged in all my Ethernet cables and powered it on... boom my network came alive. Its really that simple. I do not have much to say about it since I have only had for a short while now... but from what I can see it is working properly. The main reason I have reviewed this product so early in my time using it is that I wanted to cover the fan. Pretty much every review has said something about the noisy little fan. Well... the unit I received plain didnt have a fan at all! I have noticed a pattern in the reviews that mentioned the fan. The later ones (2009-ish) stated a noisy fan... and the ones earlier (maybe late 2010-2012 stated a quieter fan) and recent reviews (early-mid 2013) stated no fan. I have just come to believe that netgear has done away with the fan due to bad reviews. Also, the unit that I received looks difference than the one in the picture - The 2 groups of 8 ports are spread apart more in the center and the status LEDs are way over to the left (The picture has ports to the right and LEDs more toward the center). I didnt mind this for it doesnt matter (the unit still functions) but I felt it should be stated for some random reason.

I have owned several Netgear Prosafe series switches and I have always been happy with their quality.

I had been using a 10/100 sWITCH and had upgraded everything but not getting what I paid for as throughput. It hit me that the switch had to be replaced! All works well.

Its auto detection feature is a big plus. I happen to need for connecting one additional switch. All I need to do is plugging in the regular Ethernet cable and the new switch works right away. The housing of this switch is solid and the prices is reasonable.

Its fast, its absurdly easy, and durable. All metal casing, 4 screws attack each rackmounting ear, and the ears line up perfectly on standard 19 rackserver rails. Plus, its inexpensive. Netgears commercial-grade stuff is usually really good, and this is no exception.

Purchased this run a lot of audio/video over our home network and it runs great. No issues at all. Feels like a commercial switch

Great price, nice and quiet. So far this is turning out to be a great purchase. Would buy more if needed.

Turn off the old hub. Plug in the new hub. Turn on the power. DONE! If this is what you are looking for this is your choice. Do not buy the other model 16 port hub that NetGear sells. It wont last.

This is a good quality 16 port Netgear switch i use this for multiple applications in the home I also have 8POE security cameras plugged into this I have had no issues for five months