Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Since no one has written a review on this switch yet, I figured I'd give it a go. It's a really great 8-port managed switch in my opinion. Does everything I want it to do, VLANS, QoS, Port Aggregation, and a lot more. Plus, it's gigabit, and managed, or "Web Smart" as they like to call it. No console, but there is a neat little utility it comes with to configure everything. Also, a neat feature that it has is a "Cable Test." it can diagnose Ethernet cables for you, tell you if they are crossed over, split pair, length to fault, etc... I found out that one of my cables was bad using this feature, which I thought was good and still somehow worked. It runs great. Haven't noticed any issues what so ever, nor any reduction in speed. I've run some network speed tests, and get the same results through the switch as if I connected directly to the server. On mine, all 8 ports are already connected, it's it is pretty much fully loaded most of the time. I also own this switch's older brother, the TP-Link TL-SG1016DE 16 Port Switch. They are both from the same product family, and work great together. Have them both set up together with LAGG. This only con, at least for me, is that this switch DOES NOT have a web based management interface. You need to use the software utility that is included on the disk, or which you can download from TP-Link's website. You just get a blank page when you try to access the switch through a regular browser. It's a bit of a pain if you need to make a quick change from a different computer, but realistically, once you set up your configuration, you probably won't be making a lot of changes for the most part. The TP-Link TL-SG1016DE and TP-Link TL-SG1024DE both can be managed through a browser, or the utility. It just struck me as strange that the two larger switches in the same product family have this capability, but this one doesn't. But regardless, the Utility itself works fine. Overall, a great managed switch at a great price if you need something more advanced for your home/small business network than a regular unmanaged switch. You won't find anything better at this price.