

Plenty of ports for running my home wired network. Plug and play.

Works fine out of the box.

Super easy setup. Plenty of POE ports.

Works fine.


1. It works for what I need it to – 8 ports with 2 using POE for an access point and a camera. Maybe I will add two more cameras. 2. Quality – It is solid, with steel construction that I never see in a device in this tier. 3. Features vs. Price – I am not even using all the features and I am still happy. 4. Heat Dissipation – It operates with very little heat which leads me to believe it will last a long time. 5. I really like the LEDs on TP-Link switches. I can't count how many times I found a mis-pinned cable just by looking at them.

Works exactly as advertised; I've had this unit for 2 years and it still works like the day I got it. Fast, reasonably small for a 24-port, and rack-mountable

Easy to set up with clear instructions. Full metal construction. Thick foam rubber foot pads.

Easy hook-up daisy chained two together a total breeze setup. Quiet makes no sound. Lights are on the back no annoying lights in front to distract you. Works perfectly with room to grow.

Metal case. Very compact for a 10-port switch - I really like how small it is. I plugged in 10Gbps SFTP and 2.5Gbps devices and tested throughput. It moved 2.36Gbps between two 2.5Gbps ports and 9.39Gbps between two SFTP ports. In comparison, the same test (using iperf3 in Linux) between two SFP ports on my more-expensive Aruba switch gives the same 9.39Gbps. I was pleasantly surprised to see a "VLAN" switch on the front. The product description does not mention this.

Steel casing that feels like quality, not cheap plastic. A pair of lights on each port indicates speed/duplex/activity. This switch is extremely energy efficient. Area behind mounting holes is plastic-shielded to keep screw/nail heads from damaging the switch.

Very little setup. Just plug stuff where it goes.

The MS305 (pay attention to the model number when purchasing) is a fine addition to a home network, especially with moving moderately large amounts of data between devices (pictures, streaming, archives) internally or via the Internet.

I haven't bench-marked the transfers speeds but large and multiple small file transfers between my computer and NAS have been quick. I've utilized every port with mixed-speed connections and have not had any issues. It has been sitting in my junction box upstairs since purchase and it's been a "set-it-and-forget-it" process. It's metal, fanless and fits in my junction box for my home network of computers and peripherals. I've had my doubts but this switch has performed like a champ. I like the fact that it has a metal casing rather than plastic being that it is a fanless design. If it's overheating in my junction box, I wouldn't know because my network has been running smoothly since installation.


Worked, just worked. Bought 2 and put them at 300 foot intervals along a long ethernet run.

Easy to hook up and use. Minimal network training needed.

Easy installation. It is a "smart" switch and can provide basic information on port status and VLAN configuration.

Nice switch with vlan support and a gui. Low noise also.