The netgear soho ethernet unmanaged switches provide easy and affordable network connectivity to small offices and home/offices. They are easy to use, reliable, and rugged with metal enclosures. Power-over-ethernet (poe) support is also available for supplying both power and data across a single cat-5 ethernet cable to devices such as ip security cameras, voip phones, wireless access points, etc. With these plug-and-play switches, you can quickly and easily expand your network connections to multiple devices, with no configuration required features energy-efficient technology for power savings auto-mdi/mdix eliminates the need for crossover cables non-blocking switching architecture for maximum throughput at wire speed auto-negotiation for automatic connection at the highest common speed between switch and an end device