D-Link 8-Port Gigabit Smart Managed Ethernet Switch, L2,VLANs, QoS, IGMP Snooping, LAG, Sturdy Metal with Shielded Ports, Desktop, Fanless, Follows NDAA/TAA, Lifetime Product Coverage (DGS-1100-08V2)

Works great. Easy to setup and administer.

At first I was questioning going away from Netgear when looking at network switches, but after receiving this one and just plugging it in I am very happy. I This was the first time I was going to use a switch as I had recently ran Ethernet throughout my house to get the best connection on major appliances, so I was not familiar with switches but after some research I decided a managed switch was what I wanted. The price of the Netgear managed switches with 6 ports minimum were pretty high and I did not really want to get another brand as all my network system is the same. I took a chance and boy am I happy with the outcome. It was plug & play and all my devices quicker when that are all in use. Great product for that mid to high grade category I think.

this is the only SOHO switch that doesn't hide features from you. tplink forces you to use vlan1 untagged on all ports. ridiculous. netgear forces you to buy a 24 port one to access some basic functionality... this ones does it all. I dont use PoE because its not power efficient anyway. this is also the only small device where I can allow admin access to a single port (UI calls it management vlan)... essentially giving me the safety of a dedicated console port option by sacrificing one port. perfect flexibility. (netgear is also close to functionality but does NOT allow this one)

In the end, I got three of these set up with multiple VLANs, but setup can be tricky. When you click "Apply" on a settings page, the changes are applied, but not saved. So if a change disconnects you from the unit (say, when you change the management IP from its default to your own), then you have to be able to reconnect to the device using the new settings. Otherwise, you're locked out with no chance to reconnect. When you reboot, your settings are lost. I suppose that could be a good thing, but you just have to plan your steps and don't plan to do more than one step at a time. I just found myself spending a lot of time changing the IP settings on my laptop just to get these over the finish line.

If you read some other reviews of managed switches with VLAN support, you'll find the others usually have some kind of downside like being unable to disable every VLAN from receiving the default VLAN or something along those lines. But not this one. It's silent, it's made of metal so it feels amazing and solid, and it's got lights that make just enough light without blasting the whole room with mini-flashlights. I like it. Thanks, Dlink.

This is an outstanding product for its price. It performs well, it is dependable and it is durable.

Perfect

This is an alright switch for the price, I suppose. It should not be used in anything other than a home setting, in my opinion. Numerous times it has lost its configuration just from losing power, resetting all my VLAN settings and basically breaking everything. Worst of all is the security. The web interface is only HTTP. For those who don't know, basically it means your password to log in is transmitted cleartext over the network, so anyone with a packet sniffer can get your password. It also resets the password to "admin" every time the power shuts off on it. It's not bad for the price if you just want a basic switch. But don't expect the other features to work correctly after losing power. And it is really not secure for anything other than home use. Going to replace it with a used enterprise switch and use it for just a basic switch next to my computer.

muy bueno

For the money you can not go wrong with this managed switch, it even supports SNMP and bolts into Zabbix for monitoring. If I had any wish I'd love if it had a 2.5G or SFP port for uplink ... Power consumption is low 3-4W, it's nice and compact, and the power cable goes out the back. Setup is a little bizarre, the switch is not DHCP enabled (10.90.90.90) out of the box, but this was easily accommodated. And when you make changes and apply them in sub menus, be sure and click save configuration or every time you have a reboot or a power off of the switch you will loose your changes.

I brought this network switch to use with a Raspberry Pi4 home brew router running OpenWRT. The switch works fine straight out of the box with no configuration needed for normal operation. The Admin panel to configure the switch can be accessed through a web browser using the local IP address 10.10.90.90(double check manual). It would be best suited for home use, or in a small business with the only downside being the setup & configuration. It can be a bit overwhelming and confusing if you don't have any knowledge about Networking

I've used many switches from the DGS-1100 range including this -08v2, as well as: -05PD, -08P, and -24Pv2. All have a similar webUI and are easy to configure and manage, once you know the default IP is 10.90.90.90. These switches offer line-rate performance on all ports and in my experience are completely reliable and have very low power consumption. The port stats and cable test features are useful to check cabling issues. My go-to switch.

It works great as advertised. nice plug and play and lots of options. The price is kinda high and the UI in the panel is similar to a 90's website. Other then that it's really good.