I imagine they might… Who do you think the people funding them are?
They’re extremely proud of small donations, but have capped larger ones at £1,250, not wanting to be beholden to anyone.
I can understand scepticism, but given their coal protest against labour prime minister Tony Blair I feel whether they agree with the actions of the people in power are more important to them than the party political flavour.
If it’s present, and loop guard is enabled, it would block the ports. This looks like an unmanaged switch so probably doesn’t have that feature.
Most of Netgear’s managed switch range have a loop guard function, even if they don’t do full STP.