ZYXEL10-Port Gigabit Unmanaged PoE Switch | 8X PoE+ @130W + 2X SFP | Desktop/Wall Mount [GS1100-10HP]

I can't believe I could get excited about something as pedestrian as a network switch, but this little ZyXEL is phenomenal! From the all-metal construction to the direct AC in (no wall wart, woohoo!), and I shouldn't forget to mention the bundled 'L" brackets to attach it to a standard 19" rack, this is a professional unit at hobbyist prices.Performancewise, it's hard to say anything other than it works, and it works well. It replaces my aging 100BT Netgear which started shutting down on hot days. I'm not ready for PoE, but it's nice to know it's there should I need it.Bottom line: a quality, professional gigabit switch with all the features you could want, at a price you can't resist. I'm thrilled!

Yes works like a charm

I needed a new switch for home, after moving the cable modem to the basement and into a small rack. I doubt I'll ever need fiber there, but when two SFP ports are so cheap to add, I figured why not. This switch is inexpensive, easy to use, and reliable. Many may not recognize the ZyXel name, but they've been used by service providers for home customer DSL modems and routers for some time.

The first unit smelled burnt when I took the plastic wrapper off and, sure enough, it did not work at all. Pilot lamp did not come on. But, this gave me a chance to test out the Amazon return/replacement policy that I had never had to invoke before. They sent out a replacement the next day after the report. I sent the other one back the same day so they crossed in the mail.Second one arrived quickly and I unpacked it. Did not smell burned. Worked and is online yet. Fast and good. Now I have some ports to spare when I need extras. The one it replaced was 8 ports and was full. Doubled the port count now.Only problem (and it is by design) is that this is laid out for a commercial installation and I am using it desktop at home. The power is on the back, the ports and lights are on the front. That causes a minor problem with the unit wanting to move about because of the cables fore and aft, but can be handled. After 8 ports, they are considered commercial and become double sided like this. Would have liked it better with everything on one side but that's the way it goes for the larger port count units and I needed the port count.Recommended. Small and easy to use. Works well.

Ok.. I purchased 4 of these in late 2012. They work well, I had them on 24/7 under pretty heavy loads, no issues just plug them in and go. Now it is Aug 2015 by this time 3 of the 4 have failed. Out of warranty of course. All with the same symptoms. I should have trashed the first 2 but for some reason I just labeled them as bad and put them on the parts shelf.In a past life I was an electronic tech and when this last one went, I decided to take a look at them since each one seemed to fail in the exact same way. The first 2 within weeks of each other. They just simply stopped working all the standard port lights were out. But the 2 SFP and the power light were on solid. A recycle of the power (unplug - plug) did not change anything. This made me think it had to be a common component that was failing and I might be able to eyeball it.Clearly they were not production quality and never could be trusted again but maybe they would be good in a pinch if I needed a switch but did not have a good replacement on hand.Once I opened them up, what I found on for all 3 of the failed switches was that there were bloated capacitors on the power supply(PS). So I took a look at the output of the PS on one of them and it was 4.3vdc but the PS was labeled as 5v. I scrounged up some replacement caps. and replaced them. It was pretty easy to do, just desolder the old caps and put in the new ones of the same or better ratings. I put them in and tested. All fixed up.Next I ordered a few more caps from Amazon. Bluecell pack of 20, 16V 1000uF 105c High Temperature Radial Leads Replacement Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitor and fixed the other 2.You can see in the close up of the PS where the 3 closest Caps are all bulging at the top. and the ones in the back are flat. That is a sure sign of a cap that has seen better days. The other pics are just a good look at the inners of the switch. Note there are no fans. I also include 2 pics of one of the bad caps I removed.Hope this helps someone that might be thinking of purchasing theses. Or someone that has had a similar issue.

Needed to get gigabit across a room, so i gave my girlfriend's sector a 5 port gigabit, and bought this to replace a 16 port SMC fast ethernet switch.Glad i did it! SSD to SSD over the gigabit link is really fast, as it should be.The ports are really close together, so if you're wiring this up make sure you put the bottom plugs in before you fill the top ports. Unless you're rack mounting this, in which case it shouldn't matter.I've currently filled 10 ports with no issues.This unit runs silent!There's an on/off switch on the back, as well. Dunno why that's useful, but it is a consumer grade switch.All in all this was worth the price!

Nothing fancy here. Just a solid, 16-port, unmanaged Gigabit switch at a reasonable price. The description claims support for a couple of enterprise networking protocols, but I think this is mainly window dressing, because this is not the kind of switch that one would buy for a large, corporate network. I used it in the wiring closet for a home that has Ethernet in the walls and network jacks in some of the rooms. The bottom of the switch has holes for mounting on a wall, but I had to bring my own anchors and flathead screws, as none were provided in the box. Other than that, there's nothing to configure about this switch. Just plug & play.