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D-Link 16-Port 10/100/1000 Rackmountable Switch
Binding: Electronics
Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Average Rating: 3.5
Total Customer Reviews: 6
List Price: $206.99
Our Price: $152.55
Product Description
Now, with the new high port-density Desktop Gigabit Switches from D-Link, upgrading your desktops to Gigabit connections has never been more cost-effective and easier. These desktop Gigabit switches offer an economical way for your workgroup to benefit from the increased bandwidth of Gigabit Ethernet.Each equipped with 16 Gigabit ports, these compact desktop switches provide for fast access to servers to meet your users' increasing network load. With plug-and-play installation and copper Gigabit ports capable of connecting to your existing Cat. 5 twisted-pair cable, these devices instantly enhance your workgroup's performance without requiring you to install expensive fiber cables or to go through complex re-configuration. All ports support 10/100/1000Mbps network speed auto-sensing and full/half duplex auto-negotiation.The Gigabit ports provide dedicated bandwidths for your desktops running at 2000Mbps full-duplex. This gives workstations bottleneck-free paths to simultaneously access server data. This function support allows your servers to directly connect to the switch for fast, reliable data transfer. At 2000Mbps full duplex, the switch provides high-speed data pipes to your servers with minimum data transfer loss. All ports support auto-negotiation of MDI/MDIX cross over. This eliminates the need for cross over cables or uplink ports. Any port can simply plug to a server, a hub or a switch, using the usual straight-through twisted-pair cable. These switches integrate seamlessly with your existing network equipment, be it Ethernet, Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet, dispensing you of the need to replace any hardware or software. With 10/100/1000Mbps auto-sensing, auto-negotiation for every port, plus the ability to exist with your Cat. 5 wall wiring, network installation is a breeze. All you need to do is plug the cables to the switch, and your network is up and running in a matter of minutes.
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Users Product Reviews: |
Product Review Summary: Not reliable for a work network. Within 1 month I started to receive glitches on one of the ports. It took a while to realize that it was the switch, since the problems were intermittent. Now I have 5 ports giving errors and have therefore replaced the switch.
Product Review Summary: It may be Green, but it's super LOUD I didn't even bother to test the performance of this switch. I simply plugged it in and found that the fan made it the loudest device in my entire office. I returned it immediately. There are plenty of fan-less switches to choose from.
Product Review Summary: Solid performer in a small form factor I've outgrown my SMC Barricade router and decided to extend my network with a 16 port gigabit switch. I was originally going to go with the Linksys switch, but the reviews were universally bad and reported failure rates very high. I wanted to take the time to set this up and forget it, and while I've only been in production with it for less than 24 hours, it is working well and set up easily. I think the documentation is pretty clear, but if you're not technical, you'll have a bit of trouble figuring out some of the advanced features.
One feature I liked is that the ports are auto-detecting regarding whether a cable is a crossover or straight through, just like a more expensive switch. You can't manage this switch by forcing the the ports into a configured state (auto detect vs. or manually configured), but that would have been overkill for me.
My setup is an Apple Time Capsule (version 1) as my router. I have wireless turned off on it and am using a Belkin MIMO B/G wireless which has great coverage. The wireless is plugged directly into the Time Capsule as is the DSL modem. I'm using a straight-through cable to connect the D-Link switch to the Time Capsule, both of which are gigabit.
If this is the type of setup you're thinking of installing, this D-Link switch appears to be the perfect fit. I can only hope the reliability is better than the Linksys, but according to all the user reviews I've read during my research, this is the preferable unit.
Hope this helps!
Product Review Summary: When your home network grows too big When my home network got too big, I decided to wall mount a Cat6 patch panel and 1gb router (see my other reviews).
This has been working without problems since I installed it in my home network September 2008. After plugging everything in (I don't even know what's on the included CD), I was pleasantly surprised to see that two of our machines (laptops) had 1gb networking.
There are however two things to be aware of:
1) If you wall mount the router like I did, there is not enough clearance behind the unit for the supplied power cable (a normal straight one). Get the slimmest right angle power cable you can find. I needed even a bit more clearance which I achieved by shimming the router away from the face of my 4U wall mount with a few small washers. While not egregious, this was annoying. This could have been easily avoided by the manufacturer, if they had supplied a right angle power cable with the proper clearance.
2) The fan is noisier than any PC or digital device I have in my house. This doesn't matter to me since it is in my basement, but if for some reason it was in habitated space, it would definitely bother me.
So besides the initial clearance problem, I have no qualms.
Product Review Summary: Great product I have had this gigabit switch for around 3 weeks now. It works as desired and setup is, well, trivial. Just remember that this switch is UNMANAGED, so no VLAN's or anything like it.
I was also afraid it would be noisy because of its fan, but it turned out to be very quiet as well. I strongly recommend this product.
By the way, this switch came to replace an old D-Link 10/100 hub that worked almost non-stop for 7 years! I have no doubt of D-Link's quality, at least so far.
Finally, I must say that so far I have no complaints on this product, not even the slightest.
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