NETGEAR Switches Stability
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Josh Duguid
Systems Consultant at DBI Systems
So far, in the year that they have been deployed, the switches have been pretty maintenance free. It does depend on your location. If it is in a dusty location, you will want to get in there and give it a cleaning every once in a while. However, the firmware updates and monitoring are nice and easy.
The only issue that I have ever had was after a power outage. When the system came back up, the IGMP querier didn't elect properly. Then, I had to dive into the web console and disable it, then enable it for the querier to come back up again. That was the only hiccup that I found, where I could see the settings were correct in the switch, but for reasons that I couldn't quite figure out, it didn't actually elect a querier. So, this caused some broadcast storm issues on the switch. Once, I re-enabled it, it worked fine.
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Jaret Carlson
Owner at Alpha Tech
In the very beginning, we had that one problem with the firmware update where it took them all offline. That was a pain, but that's only been one instance. And it was a major update because they were updating the back-side - the web side - and the hardware side at the same time, and it didn't go so smoothly. We had to have people power cycle them. Other than that, they've been very stable. We're using one in our office and we haven't had any technical malfunctions due to bad manufacturing. We've had no hardware failures.
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Jeff_Cooper
Information Technology Manager at KING & KING ARCHITECTS, LLP
So far stability has been good. Now that we've gone live with them, I have not had to restart or shut them down at all.
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NETGEAR Switches
March 2024
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reviewer1296177
UC Deployment Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
As long as the firmware is up-to-date on the latest version available, SDVoE installation performance has been very positive. We have run 4K video from Crestron NVX across these switches and haven't seen any strange latency or delay issues. It has been very stable once setup. We are starting to roll this out to some of our medium-sized projects, which has been a very positive experience. There have been no major issues that we've run into.
It is definitely important to get the switches up to the latest firmware that is available. We did run into some issues early on in older firmware patches with multicast video and audio. NETGEAR support identified the issue right away. It was fixed in the software upgrade and we've had very good success in the latest firmware. For stability, just make sure you're on the latest firmware, then you should be good.
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Reviewer478057
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
We haven't had one failure.
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Darwin Sellers
Owner at a tech services company
I wouldn't be using them if they weren't stable.
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Hans Mertens
CEO at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Up to now we haven't had any stability issues with the Insight application. We have been using the Pro version for the last four or five months and we haven't had any stability issues with it.
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PRAVEEN MALHOTRA
Owner at Komansu Electronics Pvt Ltd
We do not have any issues with stability.
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Kevin Westcott
Network Delivery Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
The model is very stable. I have had one here in my own test lab for four or five months running different configurations, resetting, or loading new configurations. I haven't had one problem with the switch. Their switch compared to some of the other vendors is a lot quieter when installed. In an office space, it's a lot quieter than the Extreme or Cisco switches.
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Eric Gorman
Owner/CTO at a tech services company
We have not seen any problems with it. It seems very stable. We're getting alerts when things are going wrong, so it's not like we're missing anything. My impression is that NETGEAR has a very stable platform in the Insight product line.
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Chris Stowe
System Engineer at Diversified
The stability has been fantastic. I have had zero failures.
Video is passing as expected, so I haven't noticed any issues with the switches failing due to bandwidth issues. No news is good news on this front. If it works, then that is great.
Software Defined Video over Ethernet (SDVoE) installations seem to work well. I haven't noticed any failures there. The ease of use for SDVoE is great. The IGMP Plus feature comes with the switch configured out-of-the-box. To be able to pass that traffic, that is a big plus for AV installations.
I haven't had any issues with the 10 Gigabit switching. So, it works great. I'm able to pass around 18 gigs worth of signal over Ethernet ports and SFPs without issue. No news is good news. If it works, that's great.
Maintenance is typically done through our service department.
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Kiersten Saltwick
VP, Accounting and HR at Parrish Consulting
In terms of the stability, so far so good. We've only been using it for five months. Overall, it's kept up pretty well. We just had that one hardware replacement. It's not as stable as all their other Ethernet switches because it's new and we had that one replacement, but overall it's pretty great.
View full review »The product is very stable. The managed switches are reliable, and we have not faced any issues so far with uptime.
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Boas Hochstrasser
Chief Technology Officer at Genesis Technologies
It has been very stable, since the initial stacking issues were solved. It simply runs, which is the best. You can plug it in, set it up, and you can forget about it. Surely, there will be maintenance tasks in the future, like firmware upgrades, which can be done in-house.
View full review »The stability is good. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten.
View full review »It is a stable solution. At times, the USB ports go off and stop working, but it is fine.
View full review »The solution is pretty stable.
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WIM WOUTERS
Developer with 11-50 employees
It's very stable. I haven't had almost any issues since it was up and running.
I had one issue with an extra WiFi deployment that I did, which caused network interruptions, but it had nothing to do with the core installation. It was just the WiFi equipment that brought down the network because of loop creation, but that had nothing to do with the main switches.
View full review »The tool is stable.
View full review »The M4300 is a workhorse. It works extremely well and it's very efficient. Besides the little problems that we still encounter when it powers off and powers back on, as long as the UPS stays working, it's never really given me any problems. I would purchase it again, absolutely.
View full review »I rate the stability an eight out of ten.
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reviewer1902006
Project Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The solution is stable and scalable. You can link multiple switches and create a bigger network.
View full review »There are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze. It's quite stable and reliable.
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Juzer Poonawala
Founder/Managing Director at Microtel Netlinks Pvt. Ltd.
This is a stable product.
View full review »The solution's stability is good when the switch works fine.
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Walter Shelver
Owner at CableWeb
Its stability is very good. I've never had a NETGEAR switch fail during all the time I've used them.
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James McCabe
President at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I haven't had any issues with the stability. I just learned about the cloud model a few months ago and the first ones I rolled out were shortly after that.
View full review »I rate Netgear switches 10 out of 10 for reliability.
View full review »The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable and the performance is good.
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Mike Assel
Solutions Architect of Digital Media at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The stability has been great. I haven't experienced any issues.
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Keith Hanna
Independent Consultant at a tech company with 1-10 employees
The stability is very good. We've only had one problem and that turned out not to be the switch. It was another device. But it highlighted where the problem was, so it was very good.
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Andrew S. Baker (ASB)
Cybersecurity & IT Operations Professional (VirtualCxO) at BrainWave Consulting Company, LLC
Stability has been fine.
View full review »The product is stable.
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Balaji Singh
Technical Staff at Vijaya Enterprises
I would rate the solution's stability an eight out of ten.
View full review »Regarding the switches, etc., the uptime is going to be comparable, the same as any other types of Ethernet switches that would be fulfilling the same roles. It may even be better in some cases because of the ability to have lifetime warranties and replacements.
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reviewer1336647
Senior Marketing Officer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Most of the time NETGEAR Switches are high performance and quite stable.
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David Partouche
Chef d'entreprise at Winform
The solution is quite stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.
View full review »I'm satisfied with the stability of NETGEAR Switches.
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Principa6c3f
Principal Consultant at a tech consulting company with 1-10 employees
It still needs some work. It's got a couple of quirks where it will shut off ports because it thinks there's an IP conflict when there really isn't.
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Saikrishna B
Technical support engineer at 64 Network security pvt ltd
The solution is stable.
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reviewer1485975
President at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Stability-wise, I haven't had any issues.
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NETGEAR Switches
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about NETGEAR Switches. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.