The GC510PP is the only actively cooled version of the lot, and it is also a PoE+ switch with a 195W budget. of 25W per port), with a total of 134W available. The GC510P is also fanless, and supports PoE+ (max. The GC110P is the PoE version with 62W available across the PoE ports.
The GC110 is a fanless switch with an external PSU. All of them are the 10-port variety, with 8 copper and 2 SFP gigabit ports. The Insight management app also supports select ReadyNAS storage devices.Ĭoming to the hardware side of things, we have 4 new switches. Multiple sites can also be monitored and managed from a single device without resorting to VPNs and other features that require skilled IT administrators.
The cloud-based management approach ensures that businesses without full-time IT staff can install and manage their network infrastructure. The downside is that the equipment must be able to connect to the Internet for the Insight management app to be able to configure and deploy the hardware. The attractive aspect here is that the equipment can be installed and set up without having to configure everything through a PC / web browser. This is in addition to the traditional web-based management UI. The main difference compared to the existing offerings is the ability to set up, monitor, and maintain the equipment via Netgear's cloud-based Insight mobile app (available for iOS and Android). Today, Netgear is announcing a host of new products (switches and access points) that build upon the smart offerings under the 'Insight-Managed Smart Cloud' category. While they do have full-blown managed switches, their smart offerings (which rely on web management, rather than CLI) are very popular amongst IT administrators. Netgear is a popular vendor in the SMB and SME market segments for switches and access points.