24 Port Network Ethernet Switch | Smart Managed PoE+ | GS1900-24HPV2

Have had for a week now, works great, very quiet. For awareness, even though it shows GS1900-24HP on the switch itself, it truly is GS1900-24HPV2, which has both reset and restore buttons on the front vs just reset button (I originally thought I received the wrong product).

Why I ordered this item: We needed more PoE ports at our office for cameras and a few access points, and our old switch was maxed out. This one had enough budget to run everything without splitting stuff across two switches. Likes: * All 24 ports push PoE+ and I threw four cameras and three APs at it without the power budget blinking. Still had plenty of power budget left over. * The fan is basically silent until you load it up. Under a light load I can't hear it over the rest of my rack. It gets a little more vocal under full PoE draw but never obnoxious. * Web GUI is snazzy and not screwy to navigate. I found VLANs, LACP, and QoS settings each under their own tab and had them configured in about five minutes without hunting through submenus. * The SFP uplinks are a nice touch for running fiber back to our core switch. I didn't have to use a copper port for uplink at all. No likes: * The fan does ramp up and get a bit more noticeable when every port is pulling real PoE power. Not outrageous, just noticeable in a quiet room. * Initial setup through the web GUI is a little clunky. Some of the menus feel buried. Would I pay full price for this product: Yes Final thoughts: This switch ran four cameras, three APs, and our LACP trunk to the core switch without the fan going full blast or the PoE budget getting anywhere close to maxed out. Anyone running a mix of cameras, phones, and APs off one switch should have plenty of headroom here. The fan noise under heavy load is really the only thing worth knowing going in.

Great switcher.

Significant packet drop experienced. Very long latency even within local area networks. Extremely bad products.

Ya tengo dos equipos similares y son de excelente calidad, duración y fiabilidad

Has all the expected capabilities for a "smart" switch -- VLAN support and similar -- and POE+. In addition unlike many it has modulated fans so it doesn't scream in your rack, which is a big deal in a house (nobody cares in a data center, but in a home you certainly do!) Had a ZyXel without POE that also was fanless and this is basically the same thing with POE capability, so there you have it. Only gotcha is that the SFP ports are not 10Gig capable. It would be nice to have that for 3 or 4 ports (a 2.5G WiFi AP + file server with a 10Gig port, etc.) and they make a model with that - but its far more money. Improving the switching fabric to support the higher speed isn't cheap so I understand the issue and, until I feel pinched with not having it available, this will do. Being able to plug in POE and POE+ things (like security cameras, WiFi APs and similar) that are POE capable and have them "just work" along with having their power protected by the central UPS is quite nice and while ZyXEL did move around some of the configuration screen data in what I consider a bit of an annoying fashion (specifically the VLAN configuration data) it wasn't hard to figure out what they did and where it went -- all works as expected.

buy it

As with the other folks, the UI is kinda clunky, the default IP will jack your network if it's the same as your router, and the fans are LOUD, take off spaceship loud. The problem is if you need an RMA, or Warranty Zyxel is TERRIBLE. Just terrible. Good luck getting a replacement, and they'll even charge you to send your dead unit back they say is fine. My switch totally crashed out my who network, but maybe it's just that unit. Get another brand!