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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article <6ui70ihcelfano3955e1ifca8c7vn6jb2s@4ax.com>, Char Jackson   
    wrote:   
      
   > >>    I currently have 3 Netgear GS208 switches scattered   
   > >> around the house where I need extra gigabit ports and they've been   
   > >> working fine for the past 3 years or so. The main difference between the   
   > >> GS208 and the GS308 (linked above) seems to be that the 308 has a metal   
   > >> case, which is nice, while my 208's are plastic. If I was buying today,   
   > >> the Netgear GS308 would be on my short list.   
   > >   
   > >i've never seen a plastic netgear switch. all of the ones i have are   
   > >metal, going back to 100b-t days.   
   >   
   > You made me get up and look, but my GS208 switches definitely have white   
   > plastic cases. I prefer metal cases, so I'm not sure how I ended up with   
   > three of these. They work fine, though.   
      
   yep, it looks like the gs108 and 308 are metal and the 208 is plastic.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   the old fs108 (100bt) is metal and their higher end stuff is metal.   
      
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