Product state of GS116E

Hallo preissler​ 

https://www.netgear.com/about/eos/ is the more formal list, but I admit (being not Netgear, just a customer and market observator) it might be again not fully up to speed. While the GS116E models are certainly EOL for a longer time: 

GS116E GS116E-200UKS 9/1/21
GS116E GS116E-200AUS 11/1/21
GS116E GS116E-200JPS 11/1/21
GS116E GS116E-200NAS 11/1/21
GS116E GS116E-200PES 11/1/21
GS116E GS116E-200PRS 11/1/21

GS116E-200xxx means these a GS116Ev2 models, no idea if there ever were v1 versions.

When you are expecting a long term software and firmware maitenance, there is no other way than abandon these low-cost commoddity switches (Netgear-Unmanaged, -Plus, and -Smart Managed Switches).

Warranty for products with ProSAFE Limited Lifetime Warranty, except for Fully Managed Switches, ends five years after the product is listed as NETGEAR Business Products "End of Life" or EOL here. Fully Managed Switches https://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/managed/ are warranted for their lifetime, as long as the original bona fide end user continues to own or use the product - these also come with free lifetime support on the defined support channels.

To compare: Keep in mind, in the IT industry you usually have to sign and pay for an expensive software maintenance and support contract, in the range of 15...20% of the official price - annually. 

Extremely generous warryanty polices in fact what Netgear offers in general.

Also keep in mind that certain Switch Model Series like eg, the GS3xx[xxx] are priced for some low-cost retail chains (mostly US), but also offered at the same competitive costs in the channel. The warranty terms can differ there, depending on the market. In CN it's one year, in all other markets these two years.

Grüsse aus der Schweiz!

-Kurt.