GS105PE comes with 2 PoE-capable ports for PoE pass through to other connected devices and 1 PD port for receiving PoE power. Even if the WN203 has a power consumption corresponding to a class 2, it is a class 0 device, so it cannot be powered on when the GS105PE is powered by an 802.3af switch or injector. Netgear’s new ProSafe Plus switches offer plug-and-play simplicity to small businesses, plus PoE expansion and handy traffic-management features. The GS105PE is the smallest of the family and provides five Gigabit ports. Note on 802.3at interop issues with certain Cisco switches: Interop problems have been identified when the GS105PE is powered by some Cisco PoE+ switches. Certain Cisco switches (such as the 3560CG-8-PD) are pre-standard 802.3at and do not fully meet the 802.3at standard. Other Cisco switches (such as the Catalyst 2960S) have also been found to be not fully compatible and Cisco has a bug open for this.

The PoE classes are programmed into the chips of the devices, so this cannot be modified by a firmware upgrade. GS105PE supports loop detection. When a loop is detected, the Link/Act and Speed LEDs on the affected port will blink at a constant speed with roughly 1 every second. Prioritize voice/video With the ability to set up and configure QoS, this Gigabit Plus switch can detect different types of network traffic and assign the desired priority to latency-sensitive traffic, such as voice and video. This helps improve the delivery quality of related applications such as VoIP, multimedia broadcasting, and video conferencing. This is a 5-port Gigabit switch with PoE Pass Through. It belongs to NETGEAR’s 2nd generation of ProSAFE Plus Switch.Take care powering the switch, since the input source determines its power budget and the device class it can support. Our HP ProCurve 2626-PWR switch supplies 802.3af PoE, which limits the budget to 8W and Class 1 and 2 devices. This meant we could power a small Axis 216FD camera, but didn’t have enough juice for our D-Link business wireless APs or Axis Q1755 Class 3 IP camera. Connecting the GS105PE to a TP-Link TL-SG3424P 802.3at PoE+ switch increased the budget to 20W and support for Class 0 and 3 devices, but there was still only enough power for one of those devices. Many PoE devices don’t have any specific class defined, and these devices are generally classified as a class 0 device. This NETGEAR GS105PE ProSafe Plus Switch is an exceptional value for businesses looking to add intelligence to their network beyond what unmanaged switches can provide. The NETGEAR GS105PE ProSafe Plus 5-Port Desktop Gigabit PoE Switch meets the growing needs of small businesses by providing fundamental network features that will help optimise the performance their networks.

Added a control option to disable or enable file transfer via TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol), under System > Management > Switch Managed Mode). Default is Disable.

User can configure Port Mirroring, Flow Control, IGMP Snooping, Loop detection, VLAN, QoS, Rate Limit, and Broadcast Storm Filtering. Insert a straightened paper clip or a similar device into the hole of the Factory Default button and hold for two to three seconds. By listening in on the IGMP conversation between hosts and routers, the NETGEAR GS105PE ProSafe Plus switch can maintain a map as to which links need which IP multicast streams. The NETGEAR GS105PE ProSafe Plus switch therefore will be able to forward multicast traffic only to the links that have asked for them and cut multicast traffic from links that do not contain a multicast listener. Essentially, IGMP snooping helps optimise multicast performance at Layer 2 and is especially useful for bandwidth-intensive IP multicast applications such as IPTV.