NETGEAR GS105E Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Grey

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

For £22.86 ex-VAT, the NETGEAR GS105E is basically a “get sane basic management without paying enterprise prices” switch. If you’re a small office, a contractor outfitting a couple of meeting rooms, or you just want VLANs / traffic prioritisation / a bit of control without faffing about with a bigger managed rack unit, it makes sense. It’s the kind of switch that quietly solves day‑to‑day issues—like keeping voice/video traffic from getting trampled or separating guest vs internal networks—without needing you to run something more complex.

That said, it’s not for everyone. If you’re expecting a lot of performance headroom, lots of VLAN scale, or heavy L3 routing features, you’ll quickly outgrow it—this is “managed L2/L3 at the entry level,” not a serious network backbone. Also, at this price point you should sanity-check that the number of ports and any switching/routing behaviour you need match your use case, because you don’t want to end up replacing it after a couple of projects. If your goal is low-cost, reliable managed switching for a small deployment, it’s a good buy; if you’re planning growth or more demanding routing, you’ll be better off spending a bit more on something bigger.