The ProSAFE Plus Configuration Utility, also referred to as the ProSAFE Plus Utility (or just the utility), lets you discover and configure ProSAFE Web Managed (Plus) Series Switches (visit netgear.com/business/products/switches/web-managed) on your network. The utility runs on Windows-based computers. You can install the utility to customize and manage one or more switches for your network. The utility is located on the resource CD that comes with a switch. You can also visit netgear.com/support/product/PCU to download the latest version of the utility. Instead of using the ProSAFE Plus Utility, you can also access and configure a ProSAFE Web Managed (Plus) Series Switch directly using a web browser and the switch’s web browser–based management interface. For more information, see the ProSAFE Gigabit Web Managed (Plus) Switches User Manual or a user manual that is specific to your switch model. You can download manuals by visiting downloadcenter.netgear.com. Some switches allow you to turn off the ability to manage them using the ProSAFE Plus Utility, only allowing them to be managed through the web browser–based management interface. If you do so, you can still use the ProSAFE Plus Utility to discover the switch in the network and determine its IP address, but you can only use the web browser–based management interface to configure and manage the switch. You can reenable the full capability of the ProSAFE Plus Utility from the web browser–based management interface.

With the ability to set up and configure QoS, these Gigabit Plus Switches can detect different types of network traffic and assign the desired priority to latency-sensitive traffic, such as voice and video. This helps improve the delivery quality of related applications such as VoIP, multimedia broadcasting, and video conferencing.