Netgear GS108E V3 vs. GS108 v3: Differences?

[KalebJohns]

Hello, THF. I have two mini switches; a Netgear ProSAFE Plus (GS108E V3) and a Netgear ProSAFE (GS108 V3). I'm trying to understand the differences between these two switches, and how big of a difference that will make while using this with my Google Fiber. Any list of differences would be greatly appreciated.

Also, with these switches (not that it would much much of a difference anyways) would it be possible to have two ethernet inputs to theoretically double the bandwidth to and from other devices? These switches will only be used as an intranet to copy files between machines, no internet access.

Thanks for any input.

 

[kanewolf]

It looks like the GS108E switch could do port trunking. That would only be beneficial if connected to a NAS or other device that also supports trunking. Even then only if you had MULTIPLE clients accessing simultaneously would you see benefit. NO SINGLE client would get more than 1Gb.

The GS108 is an unmanaged switch. Meaning you plug things in and they work. No knobs to turn. The GS108E is a windows utility configurable switch.

Either one of them will handle line rate traffic.

 

[KalebJohns]

It looks like the GS108E switch could do port trunking. That would only be beneficial if connected to a NAS or other device that also supports trunking. Even then only if you had MULTIPLE clients accessing simultaneously would you see benefit. NO SINGLE client would get more than 1Gb.

The GS108 is an unmanaged switch. Meaning you plug things in and they work. No knobs to turn. The GS108E is a windows utility configurable switch.

Either one of them will handle line rate traffic.

Thanks a bunch for the quick reply, kanewolf. I still don't understand trunking completely, but that's something I'll research on my own. Thanks, again!