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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.
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.
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Great feature, performance, & price
Reviewed By: on 3/24/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
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).
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Doesn't drop to lowest connected device speed!
Reviewed By: Code_Junkie on 7/25/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: After reading the reviews here I got concerned about the statements that this switch will drop the connection speed to the speed of the lowest connected device. In other words the FALSE reviews said "if I connect a 100 Mbs device then my other 1000 Mbs devices would drop to 100 Mbs". Absoultly NOT true. I ran several tests to make sure and they all passed as expected. Ran with just 2 1000 Mbs devices I got the expected 320 Mbs through put (PCI bus bottleneck). Then I attached a single 100 Mbs device and still had the same result. Transmitted some data through the 100 Mbs port with no change in the results between the 1000 Mbs computers. Add 2 more 100 Mbs device and still no problems between the 1000 Mbs computers. Powered down and tried again and still no problems.
Cons: Bad customer reviews that scare people like me.
Other Thoughts: On power up this thing checks the quality of your network cables, and found a questionable cable going to my printer. The printer worked but there was an awfull lot of traffic going out to it that I blamed on poorly designed printer software (I'm a software Eng). May have just been using a very poor cable this whole time! Time to order another one off NewEgg :) Another thing I didn't think about is that the longer the network cables are attached to the switch the more power it has to use to transmit the data. Shorter cables = cooler switch. Oh Yea, NewEgg Rocks!
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Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Simultaneously handles 100M and 1000M traffic flawlessly. Runs cool, low power consumption. Inexpensive.
Cons: Not managed, but what do you expect for fifty bucks?
Other Thoughts: I have two of these (and an older 10/100 in the same family that I will upgrade soon). These just work, solid, reliable, perfect. I have never been happier with any other switch in my home network (of 7 wired machines, n wireless, and two wired printers). I only have three machines with 1G ethernet, and it is pretty sweet when moving data between them. These are a great buy. With these switches I have been able to run at least one 1G capable jack to every room in the house and keep it "hot" for < $150. That is nice...
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Scratch my previous bad review. I had a cable problem.
Reviewed By: Technojunkie on 7/30/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Inexpensive, low power consumption
Cons: Doesn't smack user upside head for plugging in an old Cat5 cable
Other Thoughts: My newer cables are all marked "GIGA" but the one plugged into my notebook wasn't and it seems thinner. That wasn't a problem with my old 100Mbps Ethernet notebook but it is now. Make sure that all your cables are Cat5e or better. Cat5 is 100Mbps but for short distances it may almost work for gigabit and fool you.
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Has locked up twice in two weeks
Reviewed By: Technojunkie on 7/28/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Cheap, low power
Cons: It's locked up twice in two weeks. Its 5 port D-Link predecessor only locked up once or twice over several years.
Other Thoughts: I've had good luck with D-Link until now. This is a Rev. D1 model. For light use it might be OK but I stream HDTV over my network, etc and while I wasn't expecting top-of-the-line throughput I can't live with lockups.
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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
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.
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.
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.
Reviewed By: Retired_Engineer on 10/22/2006
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
