Joined on 06/08/04
Very Satisfied
Pros: VLAN, 24 ports, good price. I have 3 of these and all work very well.
Cons: Not silent, web software not the best
Overall Review: After reading the other reviews I tested the VLAN and it works fine on all 3 of my GS24CSMART switches. I have one of these units in my office (in the closet) and don't notice it, next to the switch you can hear the fan thought. The web software is simple and a bit buggy (I've had to apply settings a couple times to get them to take) but the switches have been stable (no resetting or loss of connectivity).
Good until the sata controller died. RMA slow
Pros: Lots of ports (6 sata3, 4 sata2, usb3, etc, etc)
Cons: rma process is not very smooth
Works great
Pros: Cheap Decent signal Works in Ubuntu 12.04 out of the box
Cons: None so far
Overall Review: Great pcie 1x card. Gives good signal strength with AP in basement and desktop on 1st floor (about 30 feet away and through 1 floor).
Good board but ipmi module has problems
Pros: Lots of memory slots, solid running so far, remote power cycle and managment when it's running
Cons: management modules web interface hangs up periodically and need manual (on-site) intervention to reboot it Asus tech support unknowledgeable about the product
Overall Review: Can SSH into the ipmi module but the web access is hung. Very limited abilities when SSHed in and can't restart webserver or reboot module. This has happened a few times already.
Good for about 2 years
Pros: 16 ports, nice cables (1 usb and display to each PC and one plug in end on the switch side). OSD is easy to configure and use. All in all good units in all categories except longevity.
Cons: They last about 2 - 3 years then die. Power supply went bad in 2 units after about 2 years. Not sure if it's designed to fail but that's 2 of 3 units that did it in the same time frame. The third is coming up on 18 months now, I hope it goes longer than the other 2 did. Either way they will not be replaced by more linkskey units. Replacing these in the racks every 2 years is just not worth it.
Overall Review: Too bad because they work well when they do work.
1 of 2 was bad
Pros: Good capacity for price. Working well in Raid 1 (after the RMA of the 1 drive).
Cons: 1 of 2 originals was bad
Overall Review: Lots of quality problems with large capacity drives. They have such a high failure rate I might go back to a brick and mortar store for them. Shipping and the inconvenience make it almost not worth getting unless you are buying in large quantities.