Out of curiousity , is netgear considered a solid brand? I am no networking expert but I tend to always test a brand out with some cheaper stuff first before I buy their more expensive routers ,NAS,... , and even then always just for home setups. So i was quiet shocked after buying 2 cheap netgear switches that on one of them the RJ45 sockets were so far of the standard that they were unsuable , 3 way to wide and one to narrow. The other one would run cooler if i put in a 180C degree oven.
Or am i just a bit to naive to think that low end gear can be a test for companies quality control on their higher end systems and not some rebranded mass ordered stuff?
:) anyway was just curious since netgear always seams to get good news on anandtech
PS i just threw them away they were so cheap and I could not be bothered to go true any RMA
That is pretty strange... What model did you buy ? I have a lot of Netgear equipment at home and never faced any hardware quality issues. In addition, my workplace's non-server room switches are all Netgear's and I have never heard my IT admin complain about it.
Since i threw them away and dint order them online the model number is lost to me. But your comment kinda confirms it might always been just that bad batch , but basicly it were like 10/100 switches of i think around 10$ dollars in america? In the end replaced it with something as cheap from asus.
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plopke - Monday, January 6, 2014 - link
Out of curiousity , is netgear considered a solid brand?I am no networking expert but I tend to always test a brand out with some cheaper stuff first before I buy their more expensive routers ,NAS,... , and even then always just for home setups. So i was quiet shocked after buying 2 cheap netgear switches that on one of them the RJ45 sockets were so far of the standard that they were unsuable , 3 way to wide and one to narrow. The other one would run cooler if i put in a 180C degree oven.
Or am i just a bit to naive to think that low end gear can be a test for companies quality control on their higher end systems and not some rebranded mass ordered stuff?
:) anyway was just curious since netgear always seams to get good news on anandtech
PS i just threw them away they were so cheap and I could not be bothered to go true any RMA
ganeshts - Monday, January 6, 2014 - link
That is pretty strange... What model did you buy ? I have a lot of Netgear equipment at home and never faced any hardware quality issues. In addition, my workplace's non-server room switches are all Netgear's and I have never heard my IT admin complain about it.plopke - Monday, January 6, 2014 - link
Since i threw them away and dint order them online the model number is lost to me. But your comment kinda confirms it might always been just that bad batch , but basicly it were like 10/100 switches of i think around 10$ dollars in america? In the end replaced it with something as cheap from asus.dylan522p - Monday, January 6, 2014 - link
Netgear has some really good stuff but their low end models are not that good. That is basically true of 90% of the network industry,