D-Link DGS-1008D 10/100/1000Mbps Desktop Switch

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Purchased this switch for a small office network with a number of gigabit capable machines. As far as speeds go, the unit works as expected. Although, so does every other unmanaged gigabit switch. Where it has problems though is on a slight voltage drain. When our air conditioner comes on automatically, the switch seems to reset causing attached machines to lose connectivity for approx 10 seconds. Normally, I would fault the AC but the switch is connected to an UPS which will switch in at 106 volts. The UPS never switches in which suggests the low voltage is above 106v. You'd think it would have some tolerance.

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Great switch for the price. If you have computers with gigabit ports and tend to transfer a lot of data you really will be amazed at the difference between 100Mbit and 1000Mbit. Makes network storage just about as quick as local drives.

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It is a nice little switch for the price and integrated quite nicely into my network, upgrading my backbone to gigabit. It came with the inserts as well as the screws for the purposes of mounting it, as well as rubber feet to help stabilize it. I would, if need be, definitely purchase another one of these switches; although I wouldn't use this as a primary switch on a larger network, it makes a great switch to run servers off of as a means of keeping your servers cable runs from the rest of the network, but still organized together This review was modfied by poster @ 03-30-07 01:59 AM

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This is an awesome switch/hub, my lan file transfer times are cut in half, very happy with this switch.

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Very satisfied with my purchase. This 8 port gigabit switch is now the backbone of my home network connecting numerous other switches and computers. Just so you're not confused; unmanaged simply means that there isn't an accessible firmware that you can configure...but its just a switch, what is there to manage? It works reliably. Recommended.

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I love having the bandwidth, it is like having a hard drive from another computer connected directly to yours. I was able to attain speeds as high as 48megs per second, but this is only because the pci bus is limited to that, if I had a gigabit card running in a server it would probablty get something like 75 to 100 megs per second. Non the less it beats good old 100 mb hands down.

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This switch is great for a larger then adverage home network, much beter then my old hubby. Just plug it in, hang it, and forget (oh well you need to remind you mother not to turn off the power bar that its on) Ive enjoyed it for some pretty good lan parties too! I recomend this to some one with more then 5 computers, and loves to game!