D-Link 8-Port EasySmart Gigabit Ethernet Switch - Lifetime Warranty (DGS-1100-08) D-Link 8-Port EasySmart Gigabit Ethernet Switch - Lifetime Warranty (DGS-1100-08)

Pros: Listed in my previous review

Cons: Listed in my previous review

Other Thoughts: This is a follow up to the previous reviewer. The switch does not use the term 'trunk' in usual 802.1q meaning. You can tag any number of VlANs on 802.1q-enabled port. Trunking on this little switch refers to LACP, 802.3ad, which is a ling aggregation protocol - and it does not make sense to have just one port in Etherchannel group. It is not related to the ability of the switch to have multiple VLANs on a single port. So maybe the manual could have been more clear on this subject, but I don't think that it's a good reason to RMA the switch or give 1 star to a decent device.

Pros: Gigabit switch
802.1q VLANS

Cons: Only 2 trunks.
Trunk ports will not work for a router as they need to be in groups of 2-4 ports.
Newegg says it's a managed switch when at best it is a "smart" switch.

Other Thoughts: I did not look into any of the other features so I can't really review them..all I got to do was set up VLANs and started on trunk ports when I realized this product does not fit my needs. Now I get to pay a restocking fee, return shipping, and more money for something that actually works like it should. Seriously, why even bother to support VLANs if you can't trunk to a single port for a router? I should have known better than to buy anything from D-Link.

Pros: 802.1Q (Entire reason why I purchased)
Inexpensive
Gigabit
Low power consumption
Silent
Lots of other features
Cable Tester
Port based QoS
Port disable

Cons: No command line.
No SNMP.

Other Thoughts: I bought this switch specifically for the gigabit and the 802.1Q VLAN tag/untag support so that I didn't have to do multiple cable runs at my house. I didn't want to use a Cisco switch since they tend to use a bit more power than I like and can be noisy. This switch is silent, doesn't take much power, and it was very easy to set up a few vlans on this device and it has run with no issues since. I didn't really play with some of the other features but it looks like you can do quite a bit. I didn't have to install any software for what I needed to do with it. Just be sure to read the instruction book. The other review on this product mentioned some very good points but didnt pertain to what I needed it for. Overall, I am happy with it and may buy another for the same reasons.

Pros: * Dot1q VLAN support
* Fanless
* Gigabit
* Cheap
* Built-in time-domain reflectometer (TDR) and cable tester
* Can do IGMP snooping
* Bandwidth control (per-port policing)
* Can do WRR QoS

Cons: * Trap protocol is proprietary and requires D-Link software
* No SNMP
* No CLI
* QoS is either port-based, or 802.1p-based, but only four 802.1p tags have their own queues: 8,4,2 and 1. I wish there was a way to define which tags end up in which queues
* No way to do WRR with strict priority queue - you either get WRR or strict queuing, which is not ideal for voice, but hey, this is not a Cisco switch

Took a star off for the top 3 cons. Didn't really expect the other two on a sub-$100 product.

Other Thoughts: Strangely, when Management VLAN is enabled, switch will accept untagged frames to the management VLAN on a port that has management VLAN tagged, even though PVID is set to a different VLAN and a different VLAN is untagged (native). I don't know if this is by design, to prevent lock-outs, but it is definitely not documented. Luckily I cannot reach management IP from ports that are not members of management VLAN.

I don't know if there are any other undocumented 'features'.