Linksys LGS310C 8 Port Gigabit Managed Network Switch with 2 Uplink Gigabit SFP Slots - Advanced Security, QoS, Static Routing, VLAN, IGMP Features - Metal Housing, Desktop / Wall Mount

Does exactly as advertised

The most important thing to know about this switch is that it is a top quality consumer product, BUT there are some things that come with a managed switch that do not make it a simple plug and play solution. Those things make the switch more secure and provide better features overall than an unmanaged switch. If you're looking for a simple plug and play, you should consider an unmanaged switch. One of the first things I will do with a managed switch is to turn off DHCP assignment, I either let my domain controller or router handle DHCP assignments and use my switches as the central point for my ports to come back to for a central location. For instance, I've added this switch to handle all of the ports I use downstairs, with the exception of where my other mesh router is (due to having a wired ethernet backhaul). As other have stated, the power brick is large and takes up a lot of room in a power strip. The SFP ports are a nice touch, but overkill for my situation. I did not test them.Stated max throughput of the router is 20 gbps, I'm not even close to pushing that in my home, especially since I separate my downstairs, upstairs, and security cameras with separate switches. This comes with a five year warranty which I did not test out, but certainly is nice to have if you need it. I love that the switch has a full featured options for creating VLANS, but since I physically separated my cameras to a completely separate switch on it's own subnet and VLAN (from the router), I did not need to use it.For 100 or so bucks, this is a great piece of hardware. Eight one gigabit ports and two SFP ports with a 20gbps max throughput is alot of features to get for a consumer level piece of hardware and price. If you're on the fence, you can't go wrong with this unit.WHAT I LIKE-Durable construction, Machined aluminum. Also helps keep it cool-8 one gigabit ports and two SFP ports.-VLAN support-DHCP assignment-5Y year warranty-rackable, but easy to mount in a closet with provided screw holes

My use case is not a regular normal switching packets among multiple devices. What I quickly need is the power over the PoE. Turning the switch on and plugging a conference device (with speakers and microphones in one device) did not get any power. So I guess I need to configure the switch to turn on the PoE on the port. I wish the product turned on PoE and detected the PoE device. Anyway, this is a Linksys product so it is well built but I'm a little puzzled as to why not PoE on powerup. Thanks!

This is a Linksys switch and looks, feels and performs exactly like one. The total switching bandwidth reported is 20 Gb/s and it works fine for my use case (5-6 Gb/s aggregate). It comes with a nice but not super user friendly user interface (an update is recommended as the new one looks much better than the original firmware). It supports a wide array of features like VLANs, link aggregation and IGMP snooping. It has some decent management features to e.g. dump logs and get the MAC learning table. Some business / advanced feature are present, e.g. it has 2 firmware slots holding 2 different firmware versions, to simplify updates and roll backs.There are a couple of things that I don't particularly like, but they're not deal breakers in my book:- it supports SNTP but not NTP. I don't know if it's the different protocol or what but in my experience it does not acquire network time automatically after a power off / on cycle. This is mildly annoying if you want to look at log timestamps. It doesn't seem to have an RTC, or one that holds the time while power is removed, at all rates.- it comes with telnet enabled, which is not the best in terms of security... Disabling it is easy, but with telnet disabled I wasn't able to get the SSH interface up and running. I didn't spend time debugging the problem. It doesn't affect my use case much as I prefer the web interface but it's something to be aware of.- the documentation is quite ambiguous on the rackability of this switch. This specific model (8 ports) is NOT rackable. Bigger ones may be.All in all if you need a managed switch with the feature set, this is a decent semi-professional product.

The media could not be loaded. Easy enough to configure, won't stay connected. Powering up, the power light flickers as if it's shorting. During use, power light will flicker as if it's shorting. Sometimes it would reconnect on it's own, other times it needed unplugged. It also would not permit my home landline/ VoIP to work. Video is during use where it looses connection, sits, sputters, flickers it's little light, and then reconnects. Dated material in the router indicates it was manufactured/produced in 2020.

I needed an alternative solution to having everything running wireless on my network. I was running too many devices that it was slowing my wireless speeds down to a point where I couldn't even stream a movie without buffering issues. Of course I could have upgraded to a higher tier network speed, but the prices start to get ridiculous and that becomes a monthly burden. Many of my devices are within wiring range, so I decided to go this route instead. I just had to buy a few extra ethernet cables and I was pretty much all setup. Everything is running super fast on the switch and doesn't slow up the network anywhere near as much as the wireless did. This also allows me to utilize my wireless devices at the speeds that I require for streaming and gaming. Another great networking solution by Linksys.