We took a picture of this area because Netgear also makes the GS110EMX switch. That switch is a managed unit and the controller is placed on this side of the PCB. That review is forthcoming. Netgear GS110EMX Management We tested power consumption on 120V power since that is common at the edge where these will be deployed in North America. In terms of actual power consumption we saw: Ports 9 and 10 are the entire value proposition of this switch each support 10GbE (10Gbae-T), 5GbE, and 2.5GbE speeds with RJ-45 Nbase-T ports. This lets one attach fast NAS units, workstations, servers, or even fast Wi-Fi APs to the switch at higher speeds. Those ports also operate at 100M/1GbE speeds as well. Netgear GS110EMX 10Gbase T Ports 9 And 10 This is a very small unit that measures 236x102x27mm or 9.29×4.02×1.06 inches just like its unmanaged counterpart. The front of the switch has ten ports. Ports 1-8 are the 1GbE ports for the switch. These can also operate at 10/100 speeds for those who still utilize ancient network devices. Netgear GS110EMX Port View Front

The problem is I don't seem to get any improvement in my speed. Using LAN Speed Test before setting up the LAG I got about 733 Mbps writing and 854 Mbps reading on all 4 ports. After I get 758 Mbps writing and 637 Mbps reading on the single LAG port. So the writing speed has increased slightly but the reading speed has decreased significantly. I'm sure this isn't supposed to be how it works. So what am I doing wrong? We wanted to do a performance comparison between this and the unmanaged version. We loaded ports and passed traffic through the switch trying to hit maximum speeds using a 10Gbase-T NAS as a target. Netgear GS110EMX PerformanceOverall, this is an acceptable result. There is some overhead on the ports. The numbers are very similar to what we saw with the GS110MX here. We also tested the 10Gbase-T ports for 1/2.5/5GbE speeds. Netgear GS110EMX 1GbE 2.5GbE 5GbE And 10Gbase T Port Performance We really like the extremely small form factor of the Netgear GS110EMX and the fact that there are some very basic features one may want such as setting up port-based VLANs and having prioritized voice VLANs for IP phones. That is great in a small environment. A multitude of mounting options also helps the versatility of this switch. These include adding more users. Even basic server BMCs with IPMI one has multiple directory services integrations and can minimally add new users. Netgear GS110EMX Management Dashboard

This switch absolutely sips power. Even at the maximum power consumption on the datasheet, it is still only 1.56W/ port or 3.59Gbps per Watt under maximum load. Adding the management function did hurt these numbers, however only slightly so. First, the two heatsinks are the same as we found in the unmanaged version. These are the primary switch chips which is why they are the same. Netgear GS110EMX Internal 3 Inside the switch, we find three heatsinks and something new that was not present on the unmanaged versions. Netgear GS110EMX Internal View L2 link aggregation (LACP) doesn't give you a "real" 4 Gbps link; although it indeed acts as a single interface at MAC layer (top half of L2), below that it's still four independent 1 Gbps links that the endpoints just have freedom to automatically select from. The switch certainly has more features than its unmanaged counterpart. A big one here is the ability to set port-based VLANs. Still, this is a far cry from some of the more feature-rich options that we see in this space including the similarly priced, and higher-port count MikroTik CRS326-24G-2S+RM Switch. Netgear GS110EMX Performance