Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station vs NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch
What separates them
These two differ on 2 recorded specifications. The Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station is $159.01 dearer. They are different kinds of product — laptop docking station against unmanaged poe switch — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station vs NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch
Dell
Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station
$269.00
The 180 W in the name is the power supply, not what reaches the laptop -- 130 W goes to the notebook and the rest runs the dock and its ports.
Full details →NETGEAR
NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch
$109.99
An 83 W PoE budget across all eight ports is generous for the size, and it is the reason to choose this over a 16-port switch with 45 W to share.
Full details →Who the Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station is for
Buy it if: Mixed laptop fleets where one dock has to work with more than one vendor.
Avoid it if: Thunderbolt-only workflows needing maximum display bandwidth from a single cable.
Who the NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch is for
Buy it if: Small camera or access point installs where the power budget matters more than management.
Avoid it if: Anyone who will need VLANs, port statistics or remote diagnosis later.
Specifications, side by side
2 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Dell WD19S 180W USB-C Docking Station | NETGEAR GS308PP 8-Port Gigabit PoE+ Unmanaged Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $269.00 | $109.99 |
| Rated power | About 180 W adapter | About 6 W with no PoE load, 100 W fully loaded |
| Warranty | 3-year limited hardware warranty | Limited lifetime hardware warranty |
| Annual energy use | not published | About 876 kWh a year running continuously, roughly $149 at $0.17 per kWh |
| Audio | 3.5 mm combo jack | not published |
| Cooling | not published | Fanless, silent |
| Display outputs | 2 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.0b, 1 x USB-C | not published |
| Host connection | USB-C, DisplayPort Alt Mode | not published |
| Management | not published | None -- unmanaged |
| Maximum displays | Up to 3, subject to laptop support | not published |
| Mounting | not published | Desktop or wall mount |
| Networking | Gigabit Ethernet with MAC pass-through | not published |
| PoE budget | not published | 83 W total across all ports |
| PoE standards | not published | 802.3af and 802.3at |
| Port count | not published | 8 x Gigabit Ethernet, all PoE+ |
| Power delivery | 130 W to the notebook from a 180 W adapter | not published |
| Switching capacity | not published | 16 Gbps |
| USB ports | 3 x USB-A 3.1, 2 x USB-C | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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