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 What Netgear USED to be.... July 18, 2010
Josh Daniel S. Davis (Highland Village, TX)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This switch is solid. In 3 months, I've had no problems with this Trendnet switch.
Compare to my netgear crashes, gets into reboot loops, etc even after power brick and switch replacement.
The Trendnet switch runs cooler than the netgear counterpart.
The Trendnet, like the NetGear, has a metal case for better EMI control. The netgear case is just slightly thicker, which should provide better in-case ventilation.
The Trendnet switch has ports/power on the back, and activity/connection LEDs on the front. Because of this, it makes for a much more tidy desk, and easier to see link lights.
We'll see how this is doing when it's a year, or 18 months old, but so far, it's power-on durability exceeds the competition.
NOTE: This is an unmanaged switch. 10/100/1000 line speed, auto-crossover. There is no monitoring port, no web management, no SNMP, no IP sharing, and no routing.
This is a low cost, and well designed device. I highly recommend it.
 Great product, but Amazon sucks July 15, 2010
Michael
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought three of these for $35 each, within a few days Amazon decided to drop the price significantly. I asked for roughly $30 in credit back from Amazon, because it wouldn't make sense for me to send back the items, then buy again at a lower price. This would just cost myself & Amazon more money to ship out the same items twice. Amazon denied me of the refund, I was not happy.
Great product though, works as tested
Run Limited? June 30, 2010
Kevin Carpenter (Houston, TX USA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just installed two of these after a TRENDnet TEW-673GRU router to bring the network to 1000 Mbps performance. The switches are in series with the first running Ethernet across and around the house and the second in a home office for pcs and printer. Putting either switch in the first position - pushing the signal around the house - fails completely. I can see the network, but not get to the internet. (the second point seems to work fine across the machines, but no internet). Replacing the first point with an old Netgear switch works fine albeit at a slower speed. I'm not sure if the issue is the "Green" aspect of the switch limits the power and hence it's ability to push a signal, or if there's a different issue altogether. My plan is to return one and put a higher power switch in the first position - I guess I'll test the RMA process.
Excellent Product June 30, 2010
N. Jayasimha (GA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a very nice switch. It is working just fine from the day one.
Fast, affordable, economical June 27, 2010
Wayne (Union City, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This router is well built with a metal case, performs well, and is economical. I did lots of benchmarks and found that I got maximum speeds while doing multiple concurrent large inter-computer file transfers. I repeated some of the tests while bypassing the switch to see if there was a change in speed and there was none, so this switch kept up with whatever I could throw at it. If you want more speed, chances are you will gain more with better cables/plugs/jacks/etc. rather than looking for a faster switch.
I also used a Kill-A-Watt meter to see how much energy this uses. The amount was so low that it took days to get meaningful readings, and this will cost pennies a year and electricity is not cheap where I live. Also, the switch is economically priced. This switch caused my network diagnostic to misreport cable quality as poor, but although some utilities might give you false readings, your connection will not suffer.
I read elsewhere that this switch is not compatible with WOL (wake on LAN/magic packet) and the person who posted that got the information from Trendnet support. It turns out that this works PERFECTLY with WOL as long as your computer's port is set to auto negotiation. In other words, if there's any limitation, it's with the quality of tech support, not with this switch.
The only minor negatives are that the printing next to the LEDs is not on both sides, so it will appear upside-down if this is wall mounted, making it awkward to keep track of port numbers. Also, the slots for wall mounting could have been bigger to accommodate larger screws. The documentation is minimal, but this is pretty much plug and play.
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