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Feb 22, 2016

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GS108 vs. GS208 vs. GS608

I can see virtually no difference in specs between GS108/208/608 switches. Is any of these actually a superior product, or does the vendor just charge twice as much for adding 'Business class' to the...

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JohnRo
Feb 22, 2016
Hi rdb,

Yes, all PROSAFE line has a higher MTBF compared to the SOHO versions and it has a lifetime hardware warranty that is why the price is a little different. Performance should be the same though they may have different hardware and chipsets, the GS208 is the newer version of the GS608 you may consider it as a cheaper hardware update.

Thanks,

JohnRo

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Feb 26, 2016

Hello MelSam,

Welcome to the community!

The GS108 has a lot of versions - latest version now is V4 (not including GS108E, GS108P/PE and GS108T). The reason for the hardware revision is to improve and redesign the GS108 switch. Compared to the V1 model, the GS108v4 is now smaller and has simple design. Chipsets may have also been changed to have better performance, increased buffer size etc. The first one you have mentioned is either a V1 or V2 model and the second one is a V4 model (latest).

Let us know if you have more questions.

Thanks,

MelSam

Aspirant

Feb 27, 2016

Thank you very much JohnRo. It's much appreciated.

XavierLL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
May 02, 2017
Hi all,

Just wanted to share the attached graph that summarize really well the difference between our 200/600/300/100 and 500 series

Hope it helps!

Xavier Lleixa

NETGEAR CBU PLM