LevelOne GSW-0507 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Switch

Pros: cheap & durable in harsh environments (crawlspace/attic)

Cons: These fail under a heavy load. I bought three of these, one for management and two for iSCSI. Testing iSCSI I was getting throughput of around 70MB/s. On the management side while on IPsec VPN, I was continually getting disconnects. Power cycling the switch helped, but the problem returned shortly thereafter. Replacing the switch with a spare 10/100 fixed the problem.

Other Thoughts: These are great if you just need to add more ports or for testing things, but don't use them for anything you'd consider mission critical.

Pros: easy PnP and signal works/distributed right away!

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Needed this added to Clear wireless box to get Vonage and works perfectly!

Pros: GigE, small, simple

Cons: None that I can find

Other Thoughts: I havent had the trouble that a few of the other reviewers have had. Other than a few power outages in the building, the device has been constantly powered, and has never dropped a connection. Great switch at a great cost.

Pros: It's a gigabit switch

Cons: When doing sustained transfers of large amounts of data (hundreds of gigabytes), the switch drops all network connections (all link lights go dark) and will not work until power cycled. The area where I have it is well ventilated, so heat should not be in issue unless the device has inadequate cooling.

I can't recommend a switch that randomly stops switching.

Pros: Small form factor, doesn't light up like a Christmas tree and illuminate your entire office. Works perfectly, no issues so far. Very inexpensive for a device with a 10gbps backplane.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Perfect for home or small office.

Pros: First one of these I bought works like a charm. It was cheap but has worked perfect.

Tech support answered all my questions.

Cons: I bought a second one and it was defective out of the box. It powered on but No link lights. I'm getting a rplacement sent to me. Since the first one works so good, I'm giving them another chance.

Other Thoughts: Defects happen.

Pros: Works fine, plug and play, auto crossover means no fuss.

Cons: Single, 1-color LED per port shows activity only, no indication of speed, duplex, etc.

Other Thoughts: If, like me, you're looking for something cheap to share one ethernet connection between several devices in your home entertainment system (game console, HTPC, BD ...), look no further.

Pros: Solid product. Works as needed for home theater system. Runs cool, LEDs are easy to ready but don't light up the cabinet that I placed them (older switch put on a light show). Just a solid, affordable Gigabit switch.

Cons: None yet.

Other Thoughts: I will try LevelOne products in the future.

Pros: None

Cons: Switch was dropping connection, server logs showed dropped connection and re-connection every minute. May have just been a bunk switch but I would not recommend this for production environment. I asked and received a refund because I did not feel comfortable with a replacement, I think I will stick with name brand from now on.

Pros: Does exactly what it says its going to do, Gigabit speed, small, and just works.

Cons: None