Cisco Routers vs NETGEAR Ethernet Switches

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco has a very easy CLI and most importantly it is known to most network engineers. There is a huge possibility that Cisco solutions are available over the Internet for a particular problem or a use case. Cisco has been improving ever since, however, Cisco can improve in areas such as rollback or error checking mechanism during the configuration, Juniper Networks Routers has done a great job in this area. Cisco is well suited for enterprise environments, however, for Service Provider Networks there are many options available.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Networking Company, 10,001+ employees

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We have had a multitude of different back-end network switch equipment and the Netgear switches always are compatible in the traffic pattern and packet transmission with the back-end gear.

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Kevin Ray

Director Of Information Technology

Donelson Christian AcademyEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Cisco routers offer networks for the WAN, the LAN and the cloud include advanced analytics, optimization security incorporated with them you can have a comprehensive and proven solution.
They are well designed to support coherent optics to drive the convergence of optical layers, as well as systems that offer lower power consumption
They are very reliable for networks that are constantly growing traffic with fixed or modular systems that allow handling large traffic flows
They are quite friendly and easy-to-use computers on their different platforms, whether ios, ios xe, XR

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Jose Manuel Castillo

Post Sales and Network Engineer / Southern Cone

LogicalisTelecommunications, 201-500 employees

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Small to medium size office in which the network environment is not very complicated.
NETGEAR switches can form a network with decent performance/bandwidth and relative lost cost.
It's very easy to manage NETGEAR switches. The GUI is straight forward to use.
NETGEAR switches provides high performance, scalability and reliability.

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Wien Dai

IT Network Manager

Vi (formerly Classic Residence by Hyatt)Hospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Software-defined radios could be used so that both the radios could be converted into 5 GHz model to provide enhanced connectivity in network congestion scenarios.
Support for low power IoT devices.
Should provide more details about devices connected to the access points such as the risk score of the devices.
Enhanced encryption algorithms and quick firmware upgrades.

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Ravinder Beniwal

Sr. Consultant

UnitedLexLegal Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Management UI
Power controls
Port checks

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Matthew Goodhall

Infrastructure consultant

VetasiComputer Networking, 11-50 employees

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Pricing Details

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

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Alternatives Considered

Cisco routers are great and are the industry standard. They have proven their ability to last and [continually] provide support for their devices. You can go into a lot of IT closets and see old Cisco switches and routers. Why? because they are workhorses and they last. Their compatibility [with] other systems and hardware makes them hard to beat.

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Shaun Stockton

Security Systems Analyst

Council Bluffs Community School DistrictEducation Management, 501-1000 employees

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Netgear stacks up fairly well against Linksys in terms of the SOHO switches. Easy to install, clean look, and solid functionality.

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