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Peacheater's avatar
Jul 25, 2020
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GS108 vs GS308 unmanaged switches

Cannot find a specific board for switches,  apologies.

 

Question:  What are any significant differences between the GS108 and GS308 ?  

 

I want to buy an unmanaged gigabit switch, I am in the UK

I have searched various sites and seen statements such as:

- only the warranty is different

- GS108 has better build quality (metal case)

- one site says GS108 has "passive cooling"  and GS308 has no cooling.

-finally, one site says GS308 is the big brother and says it has "auto negotiation function"  , no block switching architecture"  and "auto MDI/MDIX functions"   without saying if these are not features of the GS108. 

 

(of course, if I do not know what a feature is, perhaps it could be argued that I do not need it - I just want a fast, reliable, straightforward switch that will be used for streaming data, remote log-ins and regular internet traffic for email etc.

 

I see both switches currently available on AmazonUK, both with metal case and PRosafe warranty.

Any straightforward advice/answswers welcome.  Thanks.

 

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    • Peacheater's avatar
      Peacheater
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      Thanks.  I had tried "start new discussion" and the "switches board" does noit appear in the drop-down menu of options for choice of board.

       

      Starting from your link, if I click "create new discussion" just above the list of posts, it opens a new discussion on the switches board.  But if i click "start a new discussion"  further up the screen and to the right ( just below my profile name etc) it takes me to  a start page that has a drop down menu for board, but no "switches board".

       

      I spent 30 minutes yesterday and around 45 minutes today going round in circles on this site. . . . .Thanks for your help.

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