D-Link DGS-2208 8-Port 10/100/1000 Desktop Switch

Average customer rating: 4.5

Great Gigabit Switch
Works GREAT in mixed mode.
DGS-2208 - Good solution for inexpensive gigabit
Great for its intended use
Works Great, look for the new 5V version

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D-Link DGS-2208 8-Port 10/100/1000 Desktop Switch

Manufacturer: D-Link Systems, Inc.
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000FITKK8

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Product Description

<b>Package Contents:</b> 8-port 10/100/1000 Desktop switch, power adapter, wall mount kit, rubber feet, CD-ROM with Product Documentation

The D-Link DGS-2208 8-Port 10/100/1000 Desktop Switch is an excellent solution for expanding your Gigabit network. Gigabit speed is 10 times faster than 100Mbps Fast Ethernet connection - use it for faster transfer of bandwidth-intensive music, video, photos, graphic, and data files. Supporting Auto-MDI/MDI-X, this 8-port Gigabit Switch eliminates the need for crossover cables and uplink ports. Easy-toread LEDs display status and activity, and the cable diagnostics feature checks the condition of your Ethernet cables to see if any of them require replacement. requires no configuration. It is compact in size, making it ideal for desktops with limited space. Features like MAC address learning and aging, along with 802.3x flow control alleviate traffic congestion, ensuring reliable and efficient transmission of data. Check e-mail, browse the web, chat with friends and family, and play online games more quickly. Make and receive jitter-free Voice over IP (VoIP) calls and experience lag-free LAN gaming. Minimum System Requirements - Devices supporting 802.3 Ethernet, 802.3u Fast Ethernet, or 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet; CAT5 Ethernet cable; Network Interface Card for each computer; CD-ROM drive Dimensions(WxDxH) - 7.5 x 4.6 x 1.375 Weight - 1.2 lbs

Customer Reviews:

Great Gigabit Switch.......2007-06-10

This is one of most econonomical Gigabit Switches on the market today. They are quiet, don't overheat, and work very well. I use with systems at gigabit where wired for it, 10mps for printers and 100mps for CAT5 wired systems. This is your typical mixed environment. If your having troubles connecting at Gigabit speeds, it's your fault, not the switches. Your system needs to be setup for Gigabit, you need to cabled CAT6 or at least CAT5E, and your patch panel to your switch needs to support CAT6 as well.

I bought a second for a spare, it hasn't been out of it's box yet.

My only regret? I wish I could buy this in a 16-port version for under $100.00.

Works GREAT in mixed mode........2007-05-25

I had to post a review because one of the reviews I read here freaked me out. I found it hard to believe a gigabit switch would fall back to the slowest speed on all ports and wouldn't auto negotiate per port. I bought one anyway to see what happens...

Bottom line: It's a gigabit switch that works as you'd expect. I have several computers with gigabit nics and several non-gigabit devices (router, print server, older computer) all connected at the same time.

The gigabit enabled computers connect and transfer at gigabit speed. The 10/100 devices connect and transfer at 100 Mbps. No problems at all.

I believe the reviewers who had problems didn't have their gigabit nics set to 1000 or don't own gigabit nics or have wiring problems (gigabit uses all 4 pairs and 10/100 uses only 2 of the 4 pairs on a cable). I even tried to create a problem by setting my gigabit nics to AUTO and they still negotiated 1000 Mbps. The only way I can ding this switch is its light weight. I wish it were heavier as it tends to want to lift (lean back) when you have a bunch of network cables hanging out of it. Wall mounting is an option, however.

DGS-2208 - Good solution for inexpensive gigabit.......2007-04-11

The D-Link DGS-2208 is a good solution for upgrading to inexpensive to gigabit capability. Requires that NICs be gigabit capable to take advantage of increased bandwidth, otherwise the switched connections will remain at legacy 100 megabit bandwidths.

Great for its intended use.......2007-02-03

This is an unmanaged switch, which means that you can not configure Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANS) or Quality of Service (QoS) - though QoS is supported through the implementation of 802.1p, but all the attached devices must support 802.1p in order to use it. Since there is no configuration, all you have to do is plug it into power and plug your devices into it. It really is that simple for any unmanaged switch. It will automatically allow all your devices to talk to each other at the physical layer. Of course, your applications must be configured right to talk to each other, but these unmanaged devices make building the infrastructure a snap.

In answer to a previously posted review, I tested this device in the following way:

-Port 1 connected to my desktop computer with a Gigabit network interface card (NIC)
-Port 2 connected to a 10/100 switch which was connected to a gigabit ethernet storage device
-Port 3 connected to a second DGS-2208 switch which was connectedto the exact same model gigabit ethernet storage device
-Port 4 connected to a laptop with a 10/100 NIC

The point of this setup was to use the identical computer communicating with identical devices through a 10/100 connection and through a gigabit (1000) connection. I transferred a 10 GB file to the ethernet storage device through the gigabit connection first and then I transferred the exact same file through the 10/100 connection. The GB connection was about five times faster.

Now, this proves that the switch does not automatically throttle back to the slowest "connected" device. However, it does not indicate whether the gigabit connections will slow to the speed of 10/100 connections if those slower connections are actually active.

To test this, I transferred the same file from the laptop to the slower connected ethernet storage device while also transferring the file from the desktop to the faster connected ethernet stoarage device. The results? The gigabit connected devices still transferred the data at rates faster than possible on a 10/100 connection. This proves that the gigabit speeds are still achieved even when a 10/100 connection is active.

In the end, due to memory and processor limitations, this device cannot even compare to enterprise-class gigabit switches from Cisco and other providers; however, it is the best performing gigabit switch I've ever seen for under $75.

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Works Great, look for the new 5V version.......2007-01-26

Works Great! Clear lights indicators. There are Old 7V DC and new 5V DC version on the market. I would only want the 5V DC version!

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