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rbd
Tutor
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's avatar
    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, 

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MelSam
Aspirant
Feb 27, 2016

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

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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 seriesunmanaged_switch_features_matrix.png

 

Hope it helps!

 

Xavier Lleixa

NETGEAR CBU PLM

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