TP-Link 16 Port Gigabit Switch | Easy Smart Managed | Plug & Play | Limited Lifetime Protection | Desktop/Wall-Mount | Sturdy Metal w/ Shielded Ports | Support QoS, Vlan, IGMP and LAG (TL-SG116E)

Maybe one of those 'you get what you pay for' situations. I've had a similar TP 8 Port that has worked flawlessly for a couple of years (knock on silicon). So, I figured a second one would be fine. Not to mention it was on sale for ~$25 total. I ended up paying a lot more for the Excedrin Extra Strength required to determine ultimately that the device was simply defective. >>> This defect is hard to spot <<< No, I'm not a network engineer, but I've been doing techy stuff with computers professionally for way too long. Mr. Rogers: "Can you say, 'punch cards'?" I'd rant but, here's the gist: The failure mode I hit was ASIC forwarding plane alive enough to ARP but dead for L3/L2 forwarding. Rare, but when it happens, the switch is unrecoverable without a hardware reset button. (The admin portal has a factory reset, but it didn't do squat, so I'm guess it was electronic.) VLAN was enabled, which would not make sense for the default. The unit probably had a corrupted VLAN/ASIC table from the factory, or, more likely, it was returned by someone who bricked it. Apparently, there is a known “Easy Smart forwarding lockup” bug, but I didn't research that further. Aside from it not getting an IP via DHCP - which it's supposed to get out of the box - even going into it directly with the fixed IP address the little 'Install Guide' unclearly mentions, I couldn't get it to sync with a router no matter what. (And to do that level of troubleshooting, you have to hook a PC directly to the unit and set the PC to have the same fixed IP address as the switch defaults too when I can't or doesn't get an IP assigned via DCHP from the router. This, I can well imagine is beyond what most people can do, or would even be willing to do. But I have a few Linux boxes to spare and love to fix things ... to a point. :| ) Here's the Geeky stuff if you're so inclined : All the ports worked at the link level was good (LED's flash and admin panel so reflected) in 1Gbps and 100Mbps and full duplex. The clue that there was an issue? (In the admin console of the switch), the Packet Tx/Rx table showed full duplex @ 100 Mbs with packets going both ways for the test PC hung directly on it, and no bad packets at all. For the other port (tried all of them, BTW), which was connected to the router 1Gbps, full duplex there were also no bad packets, ... but AH HA - there were also no Rx packets! It was talking but not listening. I downclocked the connection to 100Mbs on the router because some things just don't like 1 Gbps even these days. Nope - no joy. I got me a TP-Lemon. ... back it goes ... and off I go to the store to buy more Excedrin. What can I say? Caveat Emptor? :/

upgraded internet speeds and needed something that could handle the speed. Easy to install and works great

I mainly bought this managed TL-SG108E switch to replace my unmanged TL-SG105(UN) one and create a simple VLAN setup with it. However, due to the combination of speed degradation (out of the box at <100Mbps) and an insecure VLAN "feature" that isn't even advertised, I think folks should stay away. Out of the box, this switch severely limited the throughput of my traffic from ~1000Mbps to less than 100Mbps and didn't get much better (~400Mbps/500Mbps) after changing the default settings on the port speeds. I replaced the TL-SG108E with my old unmanged switch (TL-SG105) which gave me the gigabit speeds I pay for. So I know it's not my router/ethernet cables/etc., but the managed switch that's the issue. Only after changing the `Switching -> Port Setting` -> `Speed/Duplex` setting to 1000MH manually on my router-connected port, was the speed actually going above 100Mbps, but still only to half of the speed I was expecting. Furthermore, the switch has, IMO, a big security flaw in that ANY VLAN in your network can access the management interface regardless of the setup. I realize that this "feature" is so that most consumers don't get locked out of their management interface, but I personally don't think that's worth the security tradeoff and it's definitely a non-starter for me. I also wish that "feature" was at least advertised so I didn't have to waste my money on this after purchasing it and finding out later. VLAN issues aside, I can't even use this as an unmanaged switch due to the speed issues. So, to me, this product is just a useless brick. I've purchased a Zyxel GS1200-8 to try to replace this managed switch for my VLAN requirement per recommendations from folks on Reddit. However, I haven't received it yet so can't directly confirm it's a suitable replacement for the same needs, but figured it was worth a pointer if you're finding this out post-purchase like I did.

Bought this as a drop in replacement for an earlier model. Gave me more control over my network. Easy to install, durable and sitting on the wire rack in my office it runs cool. Normally, I wouldn't spend to replace the older switch but this added additional layers of functionality without requiring major infrastructure changes. Good value for the money.

This review is for: TL-SG108E 2.0 Firmware Version: 1.0.2 Build 20160526 Rel.34615 I bought this switch specifically for it's VLAN functionality and while I don't often write reviews for many products, I feel obligated to warn other more "network savvy" customers to stay away from this item. I must echo the review by "A Customer" on July 13, 2016: "Regardless of PVID or 802.1Q VLANs, every port on this switch passes untagged traffic on VLAN 1. Even if you set another VLAN to be untagged on a given port, you cannot then remove VLAN 1 from that port." This is a huge issue because if you wish to segment sections of VLANs using a "router on a stick" implementation, you can set the PVID on a port to be a VLAN other than VLAN1, but then broadcasts received on another port in VLAN1 are allowed to propagate out of all ports. Another Amazon reviewer, putzomaticon, sheds some light on this issue when he wrote TP-Link support on May 28, 2015: "I contacted TP-Link support regarding this issue and they basically told me they implemented these features this way on purpose because this model switch is apparently targeted at end users that want these features, but don't know anything about them. Here is a quote from their response: "For your first advice about no management vlan of TL-SG1016DE,it is not the oversight, it is due to consideration of small business environment, where most users do not have enough network knowledge,they know little about the concept of "management vlan" and they do not have so much concern about the security problem caused."" Network admins in a small business environments suddenly don't care about network security? This is a huge security concern because you're unable to adjust the management VLAN and the management IP address is accessible for every VLAN on the switch through VLAN1 regardless of the configuration. Truly a horrible and insecure implementation.

Working great.

Great product for the price. I had to make couple of smaller switches into one big one and these were perfect. Great price too. Easy to plug in and use.

I have been using this switch since November going on basically two months, I have been using tp-link products for a few years. This item seems well built and stand up to the name trusted. My only issue when i need to log in i have to keep resetting the switch to do anything with the software. It ask me to set password but log out and to log back in, it is say password or user name error. Since i don't need to log in more than once or so it really dosn't bother me. Thats just for someone who might be annoyed needing to log in every now and again. It showed up the weak points on my old network which was just a basic router i realized i was using a basic 100mbps router. I wanted gigabit service so i resort to a old mikrotik i have home to get gigabit into the switch. Did some minor adjustment reprogramming and it work. I might have to get a TP-link router later on but for now i can manage. So basically i am using it on two tv, the old router for wifi untili can improve that router, a printer and copier, a cable box which all of those items are 100mbps full duplex. My laptop is recieving full gigabit full duplex. The quality of my tv and cable box has improve significantly my router is no longer over loaded and bottle necking. Very few freezing i get on the cable box which i can live with and that is for just a few stations which sometimes servers over load and not IP issue or your equipment may just be at fault. Also use a wifi expander for out side and may add another later on. i would recommend this product if your just doing basic networking accross the home and office nothing complex easy plug and play if you know your way around it. It cane also work for gaming consoles Cabling is very important to your network let me say, because i had to rebuild some of my cables. Cat5e/cat6 recommended and it is also good to colour code the cables so you don't have a bondle of cables same colour. Make sure to use a good gigabit router or other equipment with good managment for your switch to get full potential from it. I have no regret buying this equipment for now and not hopping for any in new future. Make sure to also back up your network system with a ups for outages, outages can be very harsh on these sensative equipment they are very delicate. When ever there is a power outage and power returns there normally what is call spikes (voltage may increase) so a good ups is importantant for set up with surge protector. So you can properly shut down and save your hard earn investment. My ups 1000watts gives me up 7hrs or a little less of back up time if needs be but planning on adding a second back up system which maybe a complex idea if your not tech savvy. Its good to get a professional do this for you if going so far. Networking is becoming more complex not for only office and business but also for homes because cameras, gaming, iptv ect, is becoing more advanced. The challenges is getting proper set up into homes for satisfaction and these little equipment and make a great difference in dealing with some of the challenges we all face from day to day. Getting and choosing equipment can be very challenging because there are so many on the market but getting the right one can make such a difference. If your having challenges tp-link will solve the issues long as you know how to setting up their products or get a good pro to do it for you. Update on the switch i believe there is a lock switch on this device that allow you to log into the switch whenever time needed with out resetting it. For some reason i had to make a adjustment and saw it after logging out i was able to login now without doing a reset. Incredible product thinking about doing a upgrade in the near future to a managed switch and sure tp-link is my choice.

VLAN) and a Draytek Vigor 2860 Router to play nicely with each other in terms of VLANs and tagged/untagged traffic. The Vigor seems to have a few issues with tagged and untagged traffic on the same port, including some embarrasing routing leaks that are being looked at by their support team. This switch does the job perfectly and I now have the general WiFi going to a standard hub and internal VMs on an ESXi host. Guest Wifi is routed direct to internet, and test WiFi going to test VMs via the Vigor and a second NIC on the ESXi host. The switch can work as normal without any VLAN config just fine, or can be configured for one of three different VLAN modes. After initial check out in port mode with ports 1-4 in one VLAN and 5-8 in another I dived in to the wonderful world of tagged VLANs which I thought I understood. I do now... With hindsight it's actually easy to configure. Give an ID and friendly name to a VLAN, select which ports will connect to it and if they should leave tags in place or not for outbound traffic, save and repeat for next VLAN. Each port can have multiple tagged VLANs connected. Easy. I had three issues. Sorry, I mean learning experiences: The management functions of the WiFi router are only accessible via VLAN 1 (undocumented) which is nothing to do with this switch of course, but it means you need to have VLAN 1 defined between the router, switch and tagging set up so you can still reach it from a management PC. At least 1 port on the switch must also be assigned to VLAN 1. I'm thinking this is a TP-Link thing and kinda makes sense. At least its mentioned in switch documentation, and since I need VLAN 1 for the Wifi it's no big deal. There's 4094 other IDs to chose from after all. For untagged traffic entering the switch from a normal PC or hub, you need to configure the default VLAN for that port *on a separate config screen" if you want the traffic to go on a VLAN. Really obvious in hindsight, but took me a little while to figure out what was going on. Maybe the lesson is not to try doing this late in the evening after a long day, nice dinner and couple of glasses of wine. Although it's only been in use for a couple of weeks it's doing the job very nicely. I'm using this for a home office & lab but I'd have no issues using in a "proper" commercial environment either.

This thing is all it needs to be in a tiny, low power package. Already have 5 devices using it religiously with 3 of them being 24/7 servers with port forwarding. Zero hiccups and everything I needed it to do was straightforward and just worked. Recovery from power outages is very fast. Boots up in no time. Having the ability to hang it on the wall was also great and helped save space. No brainer purchase for my setup. Highly recommend.

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Perfect,easy to use