D-Link Ethernet Switch, 16 Port Gigabit Unmanaged Fanless Network Hub Desktop or Rack Mountable (DGS-1016D)

I just ordered one of these as part of a project to rack up and centralize my home network. Prior to this I had several switches in my basement daisy chained together. With this new D-Link switch I was able to rack this up with some nifty vertical rack arms and in conjunction with a 24 port patch panel and rack cable organizer get everything very nicely organized. The Amazon description for this switch is out of date. The current version of the product indicates that with the latest power supply it is up to 73% more efficient than similar non green D-link switches. Also worth noting is that the face plate on my unit is a silver color, not the white appearing face plate in the product photos. I connected this switch on my work bench with a Kill-A-Watt power meter and with nothing else connected this 24 port beast is sipping just 3 watts. With five gigabit devices it is using a miserly 7 watts. Even fully loaded, according to the specs this switch will not use more than about 19 watts. The switch has features that will throttle down power consumption based on device connection speed, cable distance and whether a port is active or not. All of this means that you can build out a very robust home network without leaving something running 24X7 that is consuming a lot of power. I was close to ordering the competing Netgear product (JGS524) however the Netgear has two fans in it (noisy and prone to failure) where as this D-Link switch is fanless! This is a big deal, as the fan is often the component that will go out over the long term with a product like this... not to mention the noise you will experience if you are anywhere near the device. The Netgear does have a "lifetime" warranty (and better warranty support) where as the D-Link has a 5 year warranty. With no moving parts, and if hooked up to high quality surge suppression the D-Link box should last for a very long time without problems. Performance with this switch is excellent, I get rocket fast transport between all of my devices. It's worth noting that this is an unmanaged switch so you cannot break your network up into VLANs or do cable diagnostics, etc, with this switch. For its purpose though of providing a super fast home or small office network it is offering a tremendous value. T Highly recommend it!

I have installed 4 of these switches. They are plug and play. The ones I have installed do not have a fan and are totally quiet. This unit runs very cool; it barely gets warm. The first one I installed was about a year ago, and I have had no problems. The switches are not managed, and if you need to set up virtual LANs you cannot do that. UPDATE 17 May 2013: Still have the 4 switches running, and no problems with them. Update Feb 25, 2014: I still have the 4 switches running, and have had no problems with them. I have never had any of these switches get hosed-up where I had to power them down to reset them. They just work. I have them powered from UPS back up power systems which probably helps with their reliability. Update March 31, 2015 I still have the 4 switches. Never have had a problem. I have them on a UPS and have never had one hose up since I first installed them. Update April 18, 2016 First switch installed in 2011 and all are still working with no problems. They are powered by UPS and never get glitches or need to be power cycled. Great unmanaged switch!!

I have this in a structured media enclosure in my closet where it gets up to 120F. So far it's handled the heat without issue.

I've outgrown my SMC Barricade router and decided to extend my network with a 16 port gigabit switch. I was originally going to go with the Linksys switch, but the reviews were universally bad and reported failure rates very high. I wanted to take the time to set this up and forget it, and while I've only been in production with it for less than 24 hours, it is working well and set up easily. I think the documentation is pretty clear, but if you're not technical, you'll have a bit of trouble figuring out some of the advanced features. One feature I liked is that the ports are auto-detecting regarding whether a cable is a crossover or straight through, just like a more expensive switch. You can't manage this switch by forcing the the ports into a configured state (auto detect vs. or manually configured), but that would have been overkill for me. My setup is an Apple Time Capsule (version 1) as my router and wireless. I'm using a straight-through cable to connect the D-Link switch to the Time Capsule, both of which are gigabit. If this is the type of setup you're thinking of installing, this D-Link switch appears to be the perfect fit. I can only hope the reliability is better than the Linksys, but according to all the user reviews I've read during my research, this is the preferable unit. Hope this helps! NOTE: I'm revising this review after using the switch for several months now. Absolutely no problems, even though I've made changes to my network. The only thing I'd add to my original review is that the fan on the switch is a bit noisy. If you want this to be located in your office, be aware that the fan is always on and is audible. Other than that observation, I would still recommend this switch.

I put 3 of these in a small business environment with roughly 60 connections and they work great. Great throughput for this size and very reliable. I have 3 of these in different versions over the last 5 years and they are little workhorses. For an unmanaged switch it gets the job done. I would recommend them for others as well. They retired some unmanaged yet reliable 3com 10/100 switches which had fans that were going out. I have experience running many brands of managed and unmanaged switches from, nortel, cisco, 3com, baynetworks, netgear, linksys, etc. etc. and the gigabyte switches have come a long way. The only downside was dealing with Dlink's parts department to order two rack ears which were lost at a satellite office. They do not take credit card over the phone so you have to mail a check. The replacement ears were $20 shipped FYI. I had to send a check twice after they or the postal service lost the letter. I found out later the person who gave me the info correctly had left the company after I called back 3 weeks later to find out where the shipment was. It's ridiculous they can't take a CC over the phone though and obviously the wait period was over a month after it was all settled for a set of replacement mounting ears. This is the only reason I knocked off a star.

Looked and looked everywhere for a wall mountable 24port switch to install in my home’s in-wall service box. Ordered a couple that had to return for false advertising. Then ran into this one. A little pricier than my target, but I was tired of wasting time so I went for it. Glad I did. It has a small-ish footprint for a 24port. Metal case, and feels sturdy and professional. Unfortunately feels outdated, but so does any 1gb switch you’d buy these days. Has been running a couple months and no issues so far. Does not even get warm in the enclosed space.

This was a replacement of an older D-Link gigabit switch that expired after years of a multi computer network; size & operation very useful & dependable. Network activity notable via front LED panel, silent operation. No problems noted to date, reasonably priced.

I replace my 5 years old D-Link 10/100 with this switch to get the gigabit speed. I connect it to my zywall router and, all PC connected to it works well. One issue though, my family room has only one port so, I needed a 5 or 8 ports scondary switch. I tried D- link 8 ports (D-Link DGS-2208 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet) and, HP 8 ports gigait switch (HP ProCurve Switch 1810G-8 Switch)and neither will initiate connections. I then disconnect the cat-5e cable from this D-link switch and, connect it to my zywal router directly and, then connect the 8 port switches, one at a time to see if my x-box 360 and, the den HTPC will connect, eureka!. So, it appears (I am no techi), that while this switch works well for all ports connected directly to it, it does not seems to be able to allow negotiation for secondary switches connected to it. This is important for anyone that might wish to connect another switch to this appliance. Again, I am not sure if my observation is an expected behaviour or, if it is an abberant behaviour that should affect the rating of this switch. I gave it three because for all PC's that are connected directly to it, negotiations were perfect. Kola