Linksys-Cisco 16PORT 10/100/1000 GBIT SWITCH ( SRW2016 )

Average customer rating: 4.5

Fast but noisy
Great Switch, good price, a lot of features

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Linksys-Cisco 16PORT 10/100/1000 GBIT SWITCH ( SRW2016 )

Manufacturer: Linksys
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000701CKU

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Networking & Online Communication

Product Description

This Linksys rackmount switch delivers non-blocking, wire speed switching for your 10, 100, and 1000 megabit network clients, plus multiple options for connecting to your network backbone. Sixteen 10/100/1000 ports wire up your workstations, while the two mini GBIC ports allow future expansion to alternate transmission media like optical fiber for your backbone. It features WebView monitoring and configuration via your web browser, making it easy to manage the 64 VLANs and up to 8 trunking groups. Or if you prefer, you can use the integrated console port to configure the switch. The non-blocking, wire-speed, full-duplex switching forwards packets as fast as your network can deliver them. Also included are Address Learning and Aging to prevent data transfer errors and Data Flow Control to help prevent packet collisions. Four Quality of Service egress queues per port let you prioritize traffic via 802.1p. The switch provides broadcast storm suppression, has hardware MAC address learning, and supports packet filtering and port security. All ports have automatic MDI/MDI-X crossover detection, so you don't have to worry about the cable type, and polarity detection will even automatically correct wiring errors. Each port independently and automatically negotiates for best speed and whether to run in half- or full-duplex mode. Head-of-line blocking prevention keeps your high-speed clients from bogging down in lower-speed traffic and fast store-and-forward switching prevents damaged packets from being passed on into the network. No matter how intensive your network demands, the Linksys 16-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Switch with WebView has speed, flexibility, and reliability that you can count on.

Customer Reviews:

Fast but noisy.......2007-04-01

I'm using several of these at our office and one at home. No complaints with performance, the web management UI works (We've set up spanning tree on a few), the rack mount form factor is convenient enough, but the fans on these are noisy. The one at home is under the stairs in our unfinished basement, and I can hear it clearly around the basement and sometimes even in the room at the top of the stairs.

Great Switch, good price, a lot of features.......2007-03-22

We brought two different brand switches to test. This SRW2016 from Linksys and WSR7312 from Netgear. NetGear switch is over $1000 and this one is under $400. Both of them are all gigabit ports. Linksys has 16 gigabit ports and Netgear has 12 gigabit ports.

However, this SRW2016 has more functions and features than the Netgear $1000 switches. For example, this switch supports LAGs for gang ports together in different LACP groups. Netgear switch does not. This switch allowing setup STP on top the LAGs, Netgear does not. This switch loaded with current firmware, Netgear switch comes with a two years old firmware.

This switch is really good bargain for its functions, features and speed. It is a shining star comparing to all those overpriced competitors.

The only problem we have is that this switch generates some kind of Apple Talk probing when we have switch setup to do STP on top of LAGs. That probing caused problem to our routers and VPN servers, so we had to turn the STP off.

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