D-Link DGS-1210-10MP 10-Port Gigabit Smart Managed PoE Switch with 2 Gigabit SFP Ports, 130 W Power Budget, Enhanced L2 Switching and Security

I've had one of these installed in our home office for about 9 months now, replacing a 'consumer' 8-way switch which had run out of ports. Installation is uncomplicated, it has a web-form based control interface which you can drive from any browser, so there's no software to install. The only real setup to do is giving it an IP address (assuming the default isn't what you want), then it's ready to go as a simple 10/100/1G switch. You can then turn on additional settings (packet filtering, VLAN, etc) as required. I'm pleased to report that in my setting it's performed flawlessly since it was first turned on; I'm not doing anything particularly esoteric with it, but it's never crashed or needed fiddling with. Importantly (for me) it's silent in operation and doesn't use a lot of electricity (under 10 Watts), so doesn't get hot. One thing to note - this isn't the version which does power-over-ethernet; that's the -28P model. Update 27/7/14: If you're curious as to what a managed switch will let you do, I'm using these features: (a) Traffic Segmentation, which lets you control which destinations traffic arriving at a particular port can be sent to. So, I have a 'guest' wi-fi access point; its port can talk to the Internet gateway, but not any other machines (e.g. workstations and servers) attached to the network. (b) ACL (access control list) - this lets you set up a pretty comprehensive firewall between ports. I've got a server which is allowed HTTP access by anyone, but with general access (e.g. SSH) only from specific devices as identified by MAC address. (c) SNMP, which lets you monitor statistics (packet counts, byte counts, etc) on a port-by-port basis.

This is a good reliable switch with PoE. Amazon was by far the cheapest place we could find it. At least with D-Link you know exactly what quality to expect.

Excellent for the price, my unit runs a bunch of POE wireless routers spread over an 18th Century London house - now offices. Easy to set up. Gave up on VLAN's -not because of this device but the £1000+ HP switch that needs £2K+ worth of training just to understand. 10 ports is a great idea when 8 are just not quite enough.

For home/small office use it is a good contender for the price. Delivery was good too. Pros: it is good for expansion and is manageable and works straight out of the box. Cons: not for the light hearted you do need to know how to configure it. As this is the case I would prefer to have got myself a Cisco switch.

Straightforward to install. Works very well. Neat package. Only problem I had was some of my devices have non-standard POE (two Panasonic cameras still needed their own old POE).

Good product, does take some time to set up, this is not just a plug and play item, you have to go into the smart wizaed and set up individual ip addresses. No really practical for home use, box is very big & you have switch inputs on the front of the box, with mains lead at the back, ideal for rack mounting not for the desktop. Once set up though works very well. A bit pricey though.

'little bit more pricey than I'd like. But I needed trunking. I'm relieved that it has a web interface. There is also a Windows based app available for managing multiple devices. GUI is clear and intuitive. I am still unsure which changes require the Save button at the top left to be used, so I tap it all the time.

Excelent smart switch. Good price. Completely silent.