Gigabit ethernet switches?

I recently got myself a home gigabit ethernet switch from Netgear,
GS605. It's okay, but after awhile it seems to overheat and drop back
down to 100Mbps speeds. I fix it by unplugging its power for about 10
minutes, and it's back to normal. Anybody else experiencing these
problems with this or other gigabit switches or routers?

Yousuf Khan

Timothy Daniels wrote:
> "Yousuf Khan" wrote:
>> I recently got myself a home gigabit ethernet switch from Netgear, GS605. It's okay, but after awhile it seems to
>> overheat and drop back down to 100Mbps speeds. I fix it by unplugging its power for about 10 minutes, and it's back to
>> normal. Anybody else experiencing these problems with this or other gigabit switches or routers?
>
>
> Does sit flat (horizontally) on a desk or shelf, or does it stand
> on edge to maximize convective cooling?

It sits flat. There's so many cables hanging off of it that it topples
over if I try it standing up.

Yousuf Khan

On Mar 15, 9:55*pm, "Timothy Daniels" <NoS...@SpamMeKnot.biz> wrote:
> >> * * Does sit flat (horizontally) on a desk or shelf, or does it stand
> >> on edge to maximize convective cooling?
>
> > It sits flat. There's so many cables hanging off of it that it topples over if I try it standing up.
>
> > Yousuf Khan
>
> * * Staples sells a wire mail holder/manila folder holder that costs
> between $6 and $7. *You router could fit in one of the slots just
> as the holder is or after you've cut out one of the wire loops.
> That would hold the router vertical. *I use just such a wire holder
> to suspend my cable modem over my router. *Sitting on its back
> with the largest loop down, the holder surrounds the router which
> sits on the desk inside the wire loop. *Sitting on top of the smallest
> wire loop (which has a perforated sheet metal center) is the modem -
> which is kept cool by its suspension with convective air passing over
> all sides. *It's cheap, very effective, shrinks the "footprint", and it
> looks good (or so I think).

Regardless, I've had other devices like routers which have stood tall
before. They also overheated in their own ways, whether standing or
lying.

Yousuf Khan