D-Link GO-SW-8G Unmanaged 10/100/1000Mbps Unmanaged Gigabit Desktop Switch D-Link GO-SW-8G Unmanaged 10/100/1000Mbps Unmanaged Gigabit Desktop Switch

Pros: Gigabit speed
D-Link Green/IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet
Compact size

Cons: Power cord plugs into side. Rear would be cleaner. Maybe done for size?
LEDs show only link/activity (speed is claimed but has not been observed)
No PoE but not advertized as such.

Other Thoughts: Bought two with promo code. One connects two Gigabit desktops, Gigabit NAS, router & printer in room 1. Other connects Gigabit HTPC, BD Player & TV in room 2. Cabling is mixture of Cat5e and 6. Also used Gigabit and non-Gigabit laptops for testing. Simple speed tests were performed with jperf/iperf. Speed measures 0.95 Gbits/sec within each router and 0.93 Gbits/sec between routers. Original testing measured 0.09 Gbits/sec between routers and this helped me track done a broken wire in one on the wall jacks. The broken wire was limiting the traffic to 100Mbits/sec between the switches so I'm glad I did the testing. Unmanaged switches like these are simple plug and play devices and these are providing the expected Gigabit speeds in a mixed hardware environment.

Pros: Simple setup - just plugged in some cables. It's supposedly "green", so you can feel good about that. I bought this with a really great deal that was impossible to pass up. Most importantly, my office computer and HTPC are now connected via this switch at gigabit speeds.

Cons: None so far, but I haven't done any stress tests either.

Other Thoughts: I needed a switch, preferred gigabit, and I found this one at the right price. I'm happy thus far.

Pros: Cheap, gigabit speeds, Low profile. Worked great for 2 years.

Cons: After 2 years, the switch is now turning off ports that are in use. I guess it's the "green technology" flaking out. For example, I have a server running SBS 2011 that is on 24/7. It does overnight backups, DNS responses, server shares, etc etc. The switch has started to turn off the port to it. The only way I can get the connection back is to either reboot the entire switch or disable and re-enable the NIC. This happens on nearly all devices connected to this switch which include a laptop, two more desktops, and a vonage adapter. All off them randomly drop off the network and have have to be corrected with the steps I mentioned earlier.

Would I buy this again? Considering how cheap it is, maybe but I really prefer a switch that constantly works.

Other Thoughts: Maybe their newer products are better. Gigabit switches are much cheaper than when I bought this so I would look around for other newer models. Also, stay away from the green technology. You may save $2-3 a year in power but it's worth not having to troubleshoot their weird issues.

Pros: Cheap
Simple
Lights on front
Compact power transformer
Holes on the bottom for wall mounting

Cons: Featherweight

Other Thoughts: I have a large but simple home network. When I set it up, I splurged on what I thought would be the most reliable and best-performing switch -- an expensive top-rated all-metal 16-port "business class" gigabit number.

Just over 2 years later, it suddenly became unreliable, so I checked out Newegg for a replacement, and they had a great sale on this simple 8-port gigabit switch from D-Link. Three of them cost me half what I paid for the first one. They lit up instantly and are delivering outstanding throughput. Now if one fails, I have backup, and no guilt. So far so good.

Pros: For the eco-minded, it's manufactured and packaged with recycled materials. This "green" thing extends to the operation power of the device, as well.

Cons: Wow, where to start?

1. The device selectively throttles network traffic and speed via its new, shiny, "D-Link Green Technology" power-saving feature. What this means is that the switch can "intelligently" detect cable length and link status and "adjust power usage accordingly" (D-Llink's words, not mine). In tests across my gigabit subnet, this thing shut down all high-speed data transfers to the lowest common transfer rate, thus crippling all devices, not just the fast ethernet (100Mb/s) devices. Reinstalling my Netgear GS108NA, all devices returned to their native transmit/receive rates.
2. While it supports jumbo frames, it isn't rated for CAT6 UTP cabling.
3. Has auto crossover detection capability, but seemingly at the expense of throughput speeds. If you have daisy-chained network devices, they will be kicked-down to their lowest common standard (10BASE/100BASE).
4. The Quick Install Guide, which everyone should review before purchasing, is NOT available from the D-Link website for review. Only a datasheet is available. Nice.

Other Thoughts: In a word, "awful". So sorry I bought this thing. I hope D-Link reads this and pulls this hippie-targeted paperweight from the market.

Go buy the NETGEAR GS108NA and you'll be so much happier. Promise.

Pros: Plug and Play (forever)

Cons: None!

Other Thoughts: I have two of these, bought about the same time 2-3 years ago, and also have one of the 'newer' slope top 8port DLink Gigaswitches, runs okay but I like the front LEDs, thanks. Also have two of the 5port models as well, no problemo. Bad reviews are DOA out of the box, so at least when it goes it goes quick, or lasts forever (like mine)

Pros: no problems works great right out of the box. This is my 2nd switch, the 1st is still working great too.

Cons: none

Pros: I was excited when it arrived on Thu. - dead by Sat. You are kidding me, right?

I used it to replace another D-Link that had died. I am really frustrated over this becuase I didn't even get to put my standby switch back where I got it from.

Cons: No more D-Link failures for me. EVER!

Other Thoughts: Trying to get a RMA for this

Pros: Fast, and easy.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Works fine, I'm able to get 80MB/s with no problems.

Pros: 8 ports

Cons: DOA