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InTheShires
Sep 19, 2011Tutor
Can only use 100MBit instead of 1Gbit
Had this problem a week or so ago, but changed the settings to DHCP and switched off jumbo frames, which eventually solved the problem (after a reboot or two) and it gave me Gbit again. Noticed tod...
sphardy1
Sep 21, 2011Apprentice
Have posted this before but at the risk of over-repetition...
I've had 2 GS608 units - both "failed" in that I got a mysterious slow down on my network though otherwise everything was 100% functional. Never noticed that any equipment was running at 100MBit instead of 1Gb, but definitely hit an undiagnosable slow down and ultimately moved to the GS108 which fixed the issue instantly and has been reliable so far.
The reason I've posted this before is that is appears others have experienced similar and I get the feeling the GS608 is not the most reliable of equipement (though admittedly the sample size I'm going on is small)
I've had 2 GS608 units - both "failed" in that I got a mysterious slow down on my network though otherwise everything was 100% functional. Never noticed that any equipment was running at 100MBit instead of 1Gb, but definitely hit an undiagnosable slow down and ultimately moved to the GS108 which fixed the issue instantly and has been reliable so far.
The reason I've posted this before is that is appears others have experienced similar and I get the feeling the GS608 is not the most reliable of equipement (though admittedly the sample size I'm going on is small)
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