Key Features

• Eight (8) Gigabit Ethernet ports.
• Flexible management via easy-to-use web browser-based management GUI or using the PC-based Utility application.
• Simple, yet useful network set-up on top of plug-and-play connectivity.
• Enables network configuration and management at the price point of Unmanaged Switches.
• Quality of Service (QoS) for traffic prioritisation.
• Auto “denial-of-service” (DoS) prevention.
• Troubleshoot connection issues via cable test.
• Loop detection and broadcast storm controls.
• VLAN support for traffic segmentation.
• Port mirroring for network monitoring.
• Rate limiting for better bandwidth allocation.
• IGMP snooping v1, v2 and v3 support for multicast optimisation.
• Jumbo frame support.

Control and configure beyond plug-and-play connectivity

Today’s growing businesses demand and rely more on their network to carry out mission-critical business activities. Companies are putting more network traffic and applications such as VoIP phones and IP cameras on their Ethernet infrastructure.

It needs the network intelligence to separate the voice and video traffic from data, and prioritize them accordingly. However, companies do not necessarily have more money or advanced training to deal with complex managed switches. The NETGEAR GS308E switch meets this growing need by providing fundamental network features that will help optimize the performance of business networks.

On top of the plug-N-play Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, this switch also offers essential networking features such as rate limiting and traffic monitoring. The GS308E has an exceptional value for businesses looking to add intelligence to their network beyond what unmanaged switches can provide.

Prioritize voice/video

With the ability to set up and configure QoS, the GS308E Gigabit switch can detect different types of network traffic and assign the desired priority to latency-sensitive traffic, such as voice and video. This helps improve the delivery quality of related applications such as VoIP, multimedia broadcasting, and video conferencing.

Switch management

• Switch discovery on MAC or PC using the NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool
• Advanced configuration and management using web browser-based GUI
• Manage or deploy multiple switches using ProSAFE Plus Utility (requires Windows PC)
• Firmware upgrade thru ProSAFE Plus Utility (TFTP) or web browser-based GUI
• Configuration upload (to Server)
• System password protection

Build multiple network groups

The GS308E can help divide big networks into smaller more manageable groups and have resources dedicated for one or several groups rather than making the same resources open to all. This feature improves overall network performance, adds security to network traffic, and makes more efficient use of network resources.

Traffic management

• Auto Negotiation of speed and duplex modes
• 802.3x Flow Control
• DHCP Client
• Dynamic MAC address management
• IEEE 802.1Q-based or port-based VLAN
• QoS based on WRR, strict priority, or both
• Port-based and IEEE 802.1p-based QoS
• QoS based on ToS (Type-of-Service)
• Rate Limiting

Reliability, performance and troubleshooting

• Port mirroring both on ingress and egress traffic
• Jumbo frame support
• Broadcast Storm control
• Cable diagnostics
• Loop Detection
• DoS Prevention
• Energy Efficient Ethernet (IEEE 802.3az) compliant
• Power savings with short cable detection and auto power-down when ports are in idle mode

IGMP snooping for optimized multimedia traffic delivery

By listening in on the IGMP conversation between hosts and routers, the GS308E switch can maintain a map as to which links need which IP multicast streams.

The switch therefore will be able to forward multicast traffic only to the links that have asked for them and cut multicast traffic from links that do not contain a multicast listener. Essentially, IGMP snooping helps optimize multicast performance at Layer 2 and is especially useful for bandwidth-intensive IP multicast applications such as IPTV.

Multicast efficiency

• IGMP snooping, v1, v2 and v3
• Blocking of unknown multicast traffic
• Act as static multicast router port

Specifications

Standard Warranty: 3-Years