Netgear announces the 5-port GS305E and 8-port GS308E, a pair of gigabit ethernet switches in the Smart Managed Plus series the company says are aimed at the networking needs of SMB customers.

Both switches feature traffic separation (VLAN), traffic priority (QoS), Link Aggregation (LAG), cable health check and loop prevention. An intuitive GUI provides easy and reliable plug-and-play connectivity for workstations, servers, NAS storage, printers and PCs, while the metal design promises to be both silent and sturdy.

In addition, Netgear announces the availability of products announced back at CES 2019-- namely the Orbi Pro mesh wifi ceiling satellite, the WAC540 Insight Managed wireless access point, the Smart Managed Pro S350 switch series and the WAC124 AC2000 wifi router. The Orbi Pro satellite wirelessly connects with the Orbi Pro router or other Orbi Pro satellites via FastLane3 technology, providing a dedicated wireless backhaul in environments with challenging wiring.

Meanwhile the WAC540 is a wireless access point the company says exceeds the needs of dense high-traffic environments. It carries 3 separate radios, with one handling 2.4GHz and two for 5GHz channels, and brings a total of 3Gbps throughput, broad coverage and "commercial-grade" security. Being an Insight Managed product it needs no additional hardware or VPN tunneling, and can be managed remotely via the Insight cloud service.

The Smart Managed Pro S350 series consists of 5 switches, including 8-, 10-, 24- and 48-port models with 2 or 4 SFP ports for fibre uplinks. The 8- and 10-port models are IPV6-ready, while the 24-port model includes a PoE+ variant.

The final products are the WAC124-- a cost-effective router aimed at SMB offices, cafes and retail shops. It provides maximum coverage with 300Mbps+1734Mbps over independent channels via external antennas, and supports x3 separate and secure SSIDs over a 4x4 802.11ac Wave2 MU-MIMO wifi.

Go Netgear Debuts New 5 and 8 Port Smart Managed Plus Gigabit Ethernet Switches