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Summary: D-Link Listens - No More Loud Fan
Review: A Friend of mine said that D-Link no longer puts a fan in this product and the DSS-5+.(5-port Dual Speed Switch) All the reviews say that this series of hardware from D-Link outperforms others and has a lower price so I had to have one, but was hesitant because of the horrible fan stories.That has all changed! Now the Fan has been taken out and a heatsink has been added to keep things cool. I would recommend that if you purchase one of these from a store open it up and look for the fan. The slot on the case for the air flow is still there but the fan itself isn't. And if you order it online make sure there is a good return policy, just in case. I am sure I don't need to say that this product is one of the fastest, if not the fastest personal switches out there. It is no hassle for a set-up considering that you only need to plug in the power and plug in the Ethernet cables and your set. I like companies that hear the consumers complaints and fix them. D-Link gets Two Thumbs up from me.
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Summary: Dead after 12 months
Review: Bought one for Xmas last year best thing since sliced bread awesome price for performance, However bad engineering design over the long haul little fan on the back right stops working the unit overheats, good luck dealing with Tech Support. Consider the NetGear FS108 instead.
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Summary: Owned for past 6 Months - Still Working - No Problems
Review: I bought his about 6 months ago, and it sure wasn't [the price] it is now... But I made sure then that i got one without a fan. It is much quieter, and with no moving parts i am sure it wont go bad ever. The only thing that will make me replace this is when the standard is 1000MB/s instaed of the 100MB now. But that wont be much longer. Highly Recommended
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Summary: Excellent Low Cost Switch
Review: I bought one of these switches shortly after they first became available. Even though I paid the full retail price, it was money well spent. This switch performs flawlessly under any workload. I am using this switch in an office environment with five PC's attached, plus an occaisonal laptop, with an 8 port minihub connected to the uplink port. The minihub handles traffic going to the external print servers and the DSS-8+ switch carries data traffic. Using a mix of NIC's and Microsoft operating systems, all PC's are communicating at the full bandwidth of 100 Mbps in Full Duplex for a throughput of 200 Mbps. What more need be said?
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Summary: Outstanding Value
Review: I bought one of these switches shortly after they first became available. Even though I paid the full retail price, it was money well spent. This switch performs flawlessly under any workload. I am using this switch in an office environment with five PC's attached, plus an occaisonal laptop, with an 8 port minihub connected to the uplink port. The minihub handles traffic going to the external print servers and the DSS-8+ switch carries data traffic. Using a mix of NIC's and Microsoft operating systems, all PC's are communicating at the full bandwidth of 100 Mbps in Full Duplex for a throughput of 200 Mbps. What more need be said?
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Summary: No Tech Support, Very Frustrating
Review: I bought two of these DSS8+ 10/100 switches to replace two 3com 10M hubs figuring I would just unplug the 3com hubs and replace with the DLink switches and it would work great. BIG MISTAKE. Once I switched to DSS8+, all the computers would no longer browse the network. AND DLINK WOULD NOT HELP ME. I phoned tech support and left my name and number. They kept me on hold over 30 minutes. They would not call me back. I wrote three emails spread out over two weeks to DLink. They would not answer me. I filled out a Tech Support form on their web page. No answer at all. Now I'm left with two DSS8+ that won't work for me. I plugged back in the slower 3com hubs and everything is working again as before. I would love to have used the faster DLink products, but with their TOTAL LACK OF TECH SUPPORT (even the courtesy to answer one of my six inquiries), I can't recommend DLink products any more.
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Summary: Excellent Low Cost Switch
Review: I love this switch. I purchased it when it cost much more than this, but I would still pay the price I paid then for it. My network went from slow to fast in about 5 minutes. I had a game party with 10 other people and a Linksys switch cascaded off of this onw and we had zero lag, and had a blast. (Playing QIII, Codename: Eagle, Need for Speed: Porsche) At the price it is now, I'm seriously considering buying another one. :)
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Summary: Died after two years. Worked great for two years though.
Review: I picked up this switch about two years ago. The internal fan stopped moving after about six months but a few blasts with an air can fixed that. It does have serious overheating issues. So after two years of being on 24/7 it finally died on me. All the LEDs were on steady and it wasn't passing any traffic. It performed well for the two years it was in service. It's a great switch to have laying around as a spare, but definitely not for mission critical or long term use.
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Summary: Loud!
Review: I purchased this switch two years ago. It works perfectly except for the noise. The fan is amazingly loud. I am currently looking for a switch to replace it just because of the noise. I see from some of the other reviews that this model has been replaced with one that doesn't have a fan. Make sure you get that one!
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Summary: Loud!
Review: I purchased this switch two years ago. It works perfectly except for the noise. The fan is amazingly loud. I am currently looking for a switch to replace it just because of the noise. I see from some of the other reviews that this model has been replaced with one that doesn't have a fan. Make sure you get that one!
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