Your existing cabling can handle more than 1g - Multi-Gig Switches #Webinar

Hi Bret

The M4200 right now is the only fully managed switch from Netgear with multi gigabit and I cannot see myself managing lots of switches over a web UI only. However as a rack mounted switch its port density is really on the low side. If it were 16 or even better 24 port, that would be much more interesting. I'd guess that multi gigabit 48-Port unit would be complex and potentialy lead to a rather expensive product overall.

For the compact switches: You currently offer compact, fanless switches with some PoE+ capabilities like the GS310TP. However there is no managed and fanless switch in the 8-12 port range as needed in offices with not enough network outlets to directly connect all devices to the core network. My dream product: Take something like the GS110TP/GS310TP leave it fanless, add a console port, enable SSH provide a CLI, that' it. You could leave out the L3 features of the M4300, the feature set or even a bit less of the M4100 would be sufficient.

Multi gigabit would be nice for uplinks but not as needed in that size, but certainly it would be helpful for WiFi 6 APs in a small office with only 1 network plug. Having 2.5/5G as uplink would be perfect in existing buildings. However currently I've only found one competitor offering a compact, fanless, PoE+ capable managed switch with multi gigabit (quite expensive). There is more (and cheaper) choice with 1G uplinks only, and some are available with SFP+ for uplinks.