TRENDnet TEG-S80g 8-Port Gigabit GREENnet Switch

Pros: I use these as my go to Gig switches. I install these for friends and family when they need more ports. I use mine for connecting my home servers and printers.

Cons: Nothing I can think of. I have used a half dozen or so of these without issues.

Overall Review: No DOAs, no problems. Plug it in and it works.

Pros: Works perfectly!

Cons: None at all!

Pros: Just received this switch -- great price. Nice metal case. Runs cool. Compact. 8 ports is better than 5. Manufacturer claims backbone can support all ports at fastest speed at once (16GB "fabric"). Can't test that, but nice to know :)

Cons: Typical wall-wort. Prefer sideways style so doesn't take up two spaces on power strip. Especially since this device is likely to share a power strip with other nearby wall-wort-ish devices like NAS, Routers, access points. Not much of a con. This is a layer 2 switch (as are all the inexpensive ones) so no QOS settings, was considering "smart" netgear sw, but the price was too high. QOS sensitive devices instead will be connected directly to the router, which has QOS settings. Probably not a big deal as GB bandwidth is high enough that QOS isn't needed, really.

Overall Review: Tested WOL, wake on lan, with computer both in sleep and power-off state. Works fine. Not sure what other reviewers are doing different. Hardware v. 2.0. My WOL enabled computer shows GB connection when awake. When I put computer to sleep/turn off, connection lights stay active, but change to amber showing 100TX connection. So my computer's card defaults back to lower speed connection when asleep to receive the magic packet. Makes sense to me. Using this as the network backbone for home office. Primary use of GB speed is for computer to computer backup.

Pros: Saves a little power.

Cons: None really

Pros: I used this in a restaurant that ran out of ports in their existing router. It's been up and running for just short of a month. It is a nice size and feels sturdy. It also comes with little rubber feet that you can apply to the bottom so it doesn't slide around on the desk when you have 8 cords plugged into the back.

Cons: The TRENDnet switches are still so ugly. TRENDnet really needs to give this little buggers a facelift. :)

Overall Review: If you need some extra ports or want to upgrade to gigabit, you can't beat this for the price.

Pros: 8 ports. Gigabit. Low Cost. Reliable. So far, I've had it installed for two weeks with four devices and never a hiccup.

Cons: None, very solid product.

Overall Review: I wish all switches, routers, modems, and other low voltage networking devices would use a universal power supply.

Pros: Probably one of the best network switches I have worked with. Setup was easy, just plug it in, plugin all your network devices along with your internet connection, and your on in seconds. It's that easy. All computers with GB LAN cards were able to connect at the rated speeds and the transfers were very fast. I also like the metal casing. TRENDnet kept their word on the switch being green. I took a power reading of it which was just 1 Watt. Most of my other routers and switches use between 5 and 11 Watts. Great product, highly recommended.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: The video shows the packaging, manual and the switch itself in action. It allows you to see it's size compared to a six inch ruler, also shows the size of the power adapter and the different colors for GB (green) and 100 Mbps connections (orange).

Pros: My fast ethernet home network is getting long in the tooth. This is my first fast ethernet switch. It seems to be nice, quiet, and cool to the touch. It draws about 1 watt. My 2 gigabit ethernet devices register correctly (green light) and other non-gigabit devices register orange / amber.

Cons: When reading the manual, I discovered the jumbo frame size support for the 8 port model (the one I ordered and am reviewing) is smaller than for the 5 port model. Worse the size of the jumbo frame on my 8 port device is smaller than the largest frames on my Linkstation NAS. As a result I have to run 7K jumbo frames instead of 9K from my Linkstations. The 8 port TEG-S80g supports up to 9612 byte jumbo frames. The 5 port TEG-S50g supports up to 12k byte jumbo frames. I did not know this at the time of purchase. I don't understand why the price of this device and its sister 5 port device keep changing.

Overall Review: Aside from the jumbo frame issue, this device is working well. I have no other complaints. The price was good ($29 at the time of my order) with free shipping.