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The average router comes with four ports you can use to create your own network. Too bad you've got six devices that need to be on your net. But don't throw out your old router and try to buy one with more ports. Buy an eight port switch instead. In fact, how about this one?
Designed to work at 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1000 Mbps speeds, so it can handle even the fastest traffic currently offered by Ethernet routers. Part of D-Link's “Green Ethernet” line, it's designed for low power requirements, which can get even lower when you have fewer active ports. So you not only use less electricity, you create less heat and your switch lasts longer. To save paper, documentation comes on a CD-ROM disk.
If your home or small office is starting to get complicated, expand your local network's capabilities inexpensively with a multi-port switch.
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It works for me!
- Pros: 1) Auto-MDI/MDI-X support means that you won't need crossover cables with this switch. For example, just use a standard non x-over cable to hook up to a port on your existing router.
2) The two LED's per channel show you all you need to know. One is green/yellow for 1000/100 Mbps connection, respectively, and the other is green/blinking for link/ack.
3) No setup required, just plug in your computers and your router (if you use a router) and you’re off to the races. :)
- Cons: None. One reviewer said that hooking up a 100 Mbps device to the switch made all rates drop to 100 Mbps. This has not been my experience. For example, I saw no xfer performance degradation among my 1 Gbps carded computers when I hooked up a computer with a 100 Mbps Ethernet card. Anther reviewer said the switch gets too hot. Again, I disagree. Fast electronics requires more power than slow electronics and this is a 1000 Mbps switch, for goodness sake, so expect some heat. The D-Link box doesn't feel any hotter to my touch than my Motorola SB5120cable modem, which I'd classify as warm, not hot.
- Other Thoughts: I wanted Gbps Ethernet speeds between my three home 'puters while maintaining the routing and cable modem access provided by my Linksys 100 Mbps router. No problem, just pull the three computers from the Linksys router and run them instead to the D-Link switch (using cat 5 or cat 6 cable). Then run a cable from one of the D-Link ports to one of router ports. No muss, no fuss, and no change in behavior among my 'puters, except for faster xfer speeds between them. Now the xfer speed between my three computers is limited mostly by the computers themselves (hard drive speed, etc) and not the network. I can now move a 1 Gigabyte file between my computers in approx 35 seconds. This could probably be improved somewhat (but not much) with registry tweaks which I might explore when I have the time. Don't expect 1 Gbps xfer speeds between home computers with ANY Gbps Ethernet switch. Do expect a 5x to 10x xfer speed improvement over your existing 100 Mbps router/switch.
Great feature, performance, & price
- Pros: Great device. It's performance is excellent, it handles a mixed speed network gracefully, it has low power consumption even under heavy load, it's inexpensive, and it even supports quality of service.
- Cons: nothing
- Other Thoughts: The performance of this switch is excellent. Despite what I've read in some other reviews, this device does NOT slow down to the speed of the slowest device. It runs each device as fast as it can...I've verified it.
I connected a pair of 1 Gb machines together and was able to stream data between them at about 950 Mb (the missing 50Mbit is probably due mostly to communication and processing overhead). I then had a 100Mb computer start streaming to the first machine. It achieved 95Mb, and the Gb machines only slowed down by the same 95Mb. Adding a third machine gave the same sort of results. No matter how many and what speed the machines were connecting to it, it always achieved the same 950Mb combined throughput.
I also tested it bi-directionally between the Gb machines. Each machine was able to simultaneously send 950Mb/sec to the other (total of 1.9Gb/sec transmitted).
| Model | DGS-2208 |
| Switch Type | External |
| Network Management Type | Unmanaged |
| Jumbo Frames | Yes |
| Ports | 8 x RJ45 |
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awesome gig switch
- Pros: Its a simple switch, so saying its plug and play is kinda redundant.
Setup = easy. maintenence = none. light display= easy to read (orange =100, green = 1gb, bottom green = act/link)
set it and forget it.
- Cons: none
- Other Thoughts: looking for a gig switch, this is a great one. I can't attest to the low power attributes of it, because i don't really measure any of that...I have 2 of these and they work great, you can definately mix 100 and 1gb without forcing them all to be at lower speeds.
if i needed more switches, i'd buy it again.
Flawless
- Pros: Gigabit, good price, jumbo frames, low power consumption. never ever had to reset the sucker, it seems to really be an excellent unit.
- Cons: plastic construction - decent but still plastic.
I agree on mail in rebates, something I just don't do.
- Other Thoughts: I share this device with some apple macintosh computers that are 10/100, I can always get transfer speeds of 480mb/s, 60MB/s from my linux NFS server i believe the 5400rpm HDD is the bottle-neck there.
Best consumer switch
- Pros: Excellent switch for any purpose where you need 8 ports. Full 16Gbps switching fabric means its just as capable as any unmanaged enterprise switch. Saves tons of power compared to other switches I've seen in the past, mine has only used 4W at most with all ports filled.
- Cons: I could always use some more ports.
- Other Thoughts: Currently in use with 2 GigE devices and 4 100M devices, uplink connects to DIR-655 via Cat6. Unlike other reviewers who had problems with 100M devices slowing everything down, my 2 GigE devices are not being slowed down in any way, and it perfectly auto-negotiated the speed of each device when I plugged them in.
| Model |
| Brand |
D-Link |
| Model |
DGS-2208 |
| Spec |
| Switch Type |
External |
| Standards |
IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3ab, IEEE802.3x |
| Network Management Type |
Unmanaged |
| Jumbo Frames |
Yes |
| Ports |
8 x RJ45 |
| Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| MAC Address Table |
8K |
| Buffer Memory |
144KB per Device Packet Buffer Memory |
| Switching Method |
Store and Forward |
| PoE |
No |
| Stackable |
No |
| SNMP |
No |
| QoS |
Yes |
| LACP |
No |
| Layer |
2 |
| Port Mirroring |
No |
| Module Support |
No |
| LEDs |
Per unit: Power
Per port: Link/Activity, 100/1000Mbps |
| VLAN Support |
No |
| Power |
Switching 5V/2A
Linear AC-DC 7.5V/1A/1.5A
Power Consumption: 6 Watts Maximum |
| Dimensions |
7.9" x 4.8" x 1.3" |
| Weight |
1.2 lbs. |
| Temperature |
0ºC to 40ºC (32ºF to 104ºF) |
| Humidity |
5% - 90%, Non-condensing |
| Features |
| Features |
Green Ethernet:
Reduces power consumption & creates less heat
Extended product life
Reduces Operating Costs
Other Standards:
IEEE 802.3 Nway Auto-negotiation
IEEE 802.1p Qos Prioritization
Switch Fabric: 16Gbps
Minimum System Requirements:
Devices Supporting 802.3 Ethernet, 802.3u Fast Ethernet, or 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet
CAT5 Ethernet Cable
Network Interface Card for Each Computer
CD-ROM Drive to View Product Documentation |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
3 years limited |
| Labor |
3 years limited |
Introduction
The average router comes with four ports you can use to create your own network. Too bad you've got six devices that need to be on your net. But don't throw out your old router and try to buy one with more ports. Buy an eight port switch instead. In fact, how about this one?
Designed to work at 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1000 Mbps speeds, so it can handle even the fastest traffic currently offered by Ethernet routers. Part of D-Link's “Green Ethernet” line, it's designed for low power requirements, which can get even lower when you have fewer active ports. So you not only use less electricity, you create less heat and your switch lasts longer. To save paper, documentation comes on a CD-ROM disk.
If your home or small office is starting to get complicated, expand your local network's capabilities inexpensively with a multi-port switch.
Highlights
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Green Ethernet Technology
With Green Ethernet technology, the D-Link DGS-2208 automatically adjusts power usage according to link status and cable length, greatly reducing power consumption and operational costs while generates less heat for reliable operation.
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Gigabit Network Connectivity
The D-Link DGS-2208 integrates 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet technology that provides a tenfold increase over 100M Fast Ethernet and a hundredfold increase over 10M Ethernet, to raise the speed and performance threshold for a converged network.
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Half/full-duplex Compatible
With full-duplex support, the D-Link DGS-2208 works at a maximum 2000Mbps on each RJ45 port (doubling the speed of normal half-duplex devices), and is also compatible with half-duplex mode. On top of that, each port supports Auto-negotiation and Auto-MDI/ MDI-X, which facilitate installation and troubleshooting respectively.
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Quick Specs
| Brand | D-Link |
| Jumbo Frames | Yes |
| Humidity | 5% - 90%, Non-condensing |
| Layer | 2 |
| MAC Address Table | 8K |
| Ports | 8 x RJ45 |
| QoS | Yes |
| Speed | 10/100/1000Mbps |
| Standards | IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.3ab, IEEE802.3x |
| Switching Method | Store and Forward |
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Reviewed By: Retired_Engineer on 10/22/2006
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
