Linksys SE3008: 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch, Computer Network, Auto-Sensing Ports Maximize Data Flow for up to 1,000 Mbps (Black, Blue)

Works great on 400+ foot long lan cables-still reaches 1gbps; Takes 10 seconds or so to initiate an uplink unlike the Trendnet Greens I was using which was instant, soon as it was plugged in. Power plugin is a little stiff and tight so its not nearly as easy and convenient to plug and unplug at will like the Trendnet Greens, would have been nice to have a button to turn it off quickly. Other than that Id say its probably one of the best you can find for the money! Great little item, feels incredibly solid, with its all metal exterior, and feels very heavy for its size.

This is a great little hub thats effortless to integrate. Just plug it into your modem or router port and youre good to go. Made of metal so its durable.

The switch is quality. Unfortunately for me my Cat 5 cable seems to be my limiting factor now. The switch doesnt recognize that I have 400MB speed and is still switched to the 10/100 setting. If I get new Cat 6 and it still is at 10/100 then I will come back and look at the switch as the culprit but for now I am giving it the benefit of the doubt.

I spent a little more for quality and this product delivers. My network boots up quick upon restart. Usually these switches are the last thing to finish booting. I picked this style of switch for a reason. I need the lights on front and cables in back so I can see if there is information flowing to my tv components. No ugly cables showing on my sleek tv setup. The little tiny led lights that flash when data flows are not obtrusive and dont distract me when Im watching my screen. Rubber feet keep it in one spot on the top of my cabinet.

This switch works perfectly. I get all of my bandwidth from my ISP, which is >150 Mbps/20 Mbps. I have this running to a SlingBox, a gaming PC, and an Arlo security system in my theater/extra room. I did some homework first, and realized the newer/current version of this switch has the ports in the back, which is what I wanted. The picture the seller is showing is for the old version. I was hoping for the newer version to arrive, and it did.

I am using this switch to link multiple computers to a single point-of-use Ethernet drop. This switch has been able to keep up with multiple computers running over 400MB/s speeds, sometimes up to 500MB/s - throttled by the provider, not my equipment. This was well worth the purchase price.

I bought this to connect both my TV and a streaming box directly to the router. I thought connecting it directly from the router would be the way to go but it seemed both devices suffered from delays. I ended up packing it away and connecting the cable directly to my TV. It was my first time trying to use equipment like this, so possibly misunderstood how it should work. Either way, it seemed to equally weaken the signal to both devices causing the picture to remain fuzzy for longer than expected.

This was the answer to our need. And it’s compact and easily hid.

I replaced an obsolete Netgear Gigabit Switch (G5605) with this Linksys Switch. Route: 1 Old Switch then another Old Switch: --- ping statistics --- 25 packets transmitted, 25 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.571/5.388/21.346/5.260 ms Route: 2 Old Switch then this New Switch: --- ping statistics --- 25 packets transmitted, 25 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.540/3.508/13.707/3.109 ms So the average delay going through two switches (Reduced from 5.388 to 3.508 ms) So per old switch approximately 5.388/2 = 2.694 ms One of this new switch = 3.508 - 2.694 = 0.814 ms So it looks like the latency of the switch round trip dropped to 0.814 as oppose to 2.694 with the old switch. There will be other interface delays on both ends which mean that the actual latency is lower but we can definitely say it is faster.

I am a fairly picky user of network equipment, but I dont typically benchmark, troubleshoot, or configure anything unless it explicitly gives me trouble. This switch arrived is a nice box, I hooked it up in about 3 minutes, replacing an old TP-Link switch that had died, and I was in business. Im getting way faster speeds and lower ping times on all my devices than I was with the old switch. I havent had to look at, think about, or touch this switch since those initial three minutes. Who can ask for anything more in a piece of networking equipment?