For the most part, I have been a happy camper with my Netgear products. And with this in mind, I did find a few unexpected twists and turns in this review their latest switch.

As gigabit Ethernet continues its inexorable march into SOHO networks, prices are dropping and “10/100/1000″ is seen more frequently on product front panels and retail boxes where “10/100″ once appeared. But it’s still not very easy to find a 4 to 16 port gigabit switch or other SOHO gigabit products other than Ethernet adapters with jumbo frame capability.

Jumbo frames are simply Ethernet frames (packets) larger than 1500 bytes. If your computer and OS are up to it, their use can boost networking throughput significantly. [Read the rest]