Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsHappy with purchase - good, simple, Mostly really easy to setup, delivers performance as expected
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2020
I used this as a second switch in a network with VLANs, and I'm very happy with it. Yes, you can't really "remove" VLAN1, but that doesn't prevent you from shifting everything, including the management interface from it. i.e. I have it tied tagged to a management port, so unless the traffic is tied to that port that only I will use, it's not a problem. I thought the interface was pretty quick and slick, I even enabled the power savings as this is for my living room that can sustain a pause after being unused for 20ish hours of the day - note, I think the default "timeout" for a slow(er) response is around 5min. I liked that the QOS isn't tied to the ports, but their interface to assign QOS is the only interface component that is clunky. That's the only area that I had difficulty navigating. Setting and testing the VLANs worked like a charm. There is one other thing that bothers me, and that is, you can't create users, there's only a device password. But, definitely delivers the speed it promises, though I will probably leave QOS to be set by my pfSense via VLAN. Though a bit pricey, probably would buy again.
Oh, one more thing, the space between ports is TIGHT, note the jackets on cables, particularly if you use anything over CAT6, or just "Monster" -like cables. I didn't thankfully, but after using some cables around the house, it made me look closer at how "thick" the cable ends were.
