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For typical home use, this 5 port GB switch is great. I’ve been using theirs brand for 10 years and two of this particular 5-port GB switch model for 6 months. I prefer to use hardwired connections for all my non-portable network devices. That means that low-demand devices are connected as well has high-demand devices. It also means that each switch will have at most one connected device needing defined quality of service. This switch is perfect for that environment. A bit more: an unmanaged device like this is great to expand each drop of a managed switch/router. For example, have two computers, and a printer in one bedroom that has one Ethernet drop. This 5-port switch lets me connect the three devices, with growth for a fourth. In the living room, the one of these switches allows connection of a TV, an Apple TV, an internet radio-capable receiver, and a blu-ray player. The blu-ray player connection is for firmware updates. For source material over the internet, I use only one of the devices at a time, so there’s no competition for throughput or quality of service. The lack of managed network control in this switch has no observable negative effect on my family’s network-related activities. That this switch is unmanaged is not a practical concern for my uses and, I expect, most other home uses. In a small office environment, the throughput of the rest of the network and each computer is likely to be more of a limiting performance factor than this switch. So, if your needs are for a few devices connected to one Ethernet drop, strongly consider choosing this switch.