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okay so today I'm gonna be unboxing a Netgear eight port gigabit ethernet switch and the reason for using a switch like this is that most people already have a router if they're doing internet connection sharing which normally includes a four port switch but four ports isn't always enough for all of the computers and other devices in the house for example in my house we've got four desktop computers Media PC any number of laptops as well as a home server so by that point you're connecting potentially as many as you know six to eight devices by wired Ethernet so what that means is that you can use a switch in order to split the connection out to a bunch of different computers so I have one cable going over power line into another room where it goes into a gigabit switch just like this one and then splits out to three different four different computers within that room it's a very convenient way to network and it also allows you to take advantage of full gigabit speeds between any computers that are connected to the gigabit switch without upgrading your router so without further ado why don't we start getting this switch open here and I'll talk a little bit more about it this is a trend that we're seeing quite a bit of lately actually and I want to open the plastic first and then talk more about the product later there we go okay and that is this green movement here so most of the switch guys are coming out with green models of their switches and what that means is that they consume less power because a switch is intended to be an always-on device you never really want to have to go and manually turn on your network switch when you want to transfer a file between a computer and like set up an internet connection right so a switch is always on so the reason for these green switches is that it'll use less power okay I've talked to me too much about that at this point all right here's what we have included you have a Netgear installation guide so they estimate that it'll take about five to ten minutes to set up they show you where to plug things in awesome okay Thank You Nick okay then you have a warranty and support information card to register your warranty all right and then you have the switch itself but let's have a look at the accessories for not a whole lot in terms of accessories so you've got a wall work and we're power brick or whatever you want to call it AC to DC adapter then you have a stent that was it that was all I normally I'd expect a product like this to include an Ethernet cable but maybe that's part of their part of their green initiative is that they're not including an Ethernet cable because I don't know about you but I already have like a million and one Ethernet cables and if I'm buying an eight port gigabit switch I probably already have an Ethernet cable okay so let's take off this little plastic cover there we go and this unit actually feels quite heavy and solidly built which is always kind of nice because when you buy something and you it feels like there's nothing to it it's not usually quite as satisfying so why don't we have a look at the side of the unit to start so you can see that it is compatible with ten hundred and one thousand megabit per second okay so that means you can get in real life transfers actually on mine I get up to about ninety megabytes per second between my computer and my home server so it makes for very very quick file transfers over the network okay there's your branding there's a power light that turns on when you plug it in one two three four five six seven and eight these will light up in accordance to which plugs are plugged in at the back then around to the other side there is nothing on the talk you've got some Netgear branding on the bottom you have a diagram that's a very handy diagram and it also gives you a color code so blinking means you've got activity on a particular port if the LAN is green that means you're connected at one gigabit per second and if it's yellow in the light here that means you're connected at either 10 or 100 megabit per second that's kind of a useful feature to have anyway thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Netgear green gigabit switch yeah so cameraman raged at me because I never showed the back I never actually showed the business end of the switch these are the port's where you plug in your Ethernet cables so up to eight normally the way you'd consider is coming off your router you plug into one of the port's and then that can split that router connection out to seven additional computers as well there is your power plug thank you for checking out my unboxing of the Netgear gigabit switch