Customer Reviews

Cisco SR2024 24-port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Switch

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Check out those dimensions! BIG!. It has a fan too and they haven't taken any lessons from Steve Jobs about making the fan quiet so it better be in an enclosed, insulated space if you are putting this in your home or small office.
Other than that it is great and a real performer (switches at wire speed)
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I wish I could change my vote to 2 stars.
Although they answered the support line quickly, I was told that the noise of this product is as designed and it really isn't intended for a small office, but rather should live in an already noisy data center where it can just add to the din. I am going to return mine and find another brand that actually wants it's equipment to be used in a small office. Sigh...

 

I placed this switch in an isolated central wiring closet that has other network equipment, some with fans and disk drives. There has never been any sound audible outside the wiring closet.

This switch sounds like a vacuum cleaner, and is clearly audible and objectionable in every room that abuts the closet.

The switch seems to function OK but the noise is so loud that I regret the purchase.

Unless you can mount this switch were noise is already very loud, or where noise will not bother anyone, I'd recommend you look elsewhere.

 

I bought this switch about 18 months ago. It went out 6 months ago. They have a lifetime warranty, and they replaced it. However, the one they replaced it with had something rattling around inside it when I got it. I sent it back and got another. Then, it failed. They would not cross ship a new one to me. In other words, they wanted me to disconnect the existing switch, send it back to them, and have them ship the new one to me 5-7 days later. So what do I do for work for the week and a half while I wait for the new one? They said they would expedite and cross ship if I paid a charge of $74.99! I asked them how I was supposed to work for a week and a half while I waited. The tech said, "Well, you could buy another switch in the meantime." What?!? I replied, "Yes, maybe I'll buy a switch that doesn't break down every 6 months!" Don't buy it!

This is an excellent CAT-6 switch. It works perfectly, easy setup, strong and good construction. My only complaint is that the fans are LOUD... and BOY ARE THEY LOUD!!! How much cooling does a switch need? I mean, it's just a switch; it's not a server... sheesh! This is the LOUDEST item in my rack... louder than all my other servers... is that nuts or what!?!?! So, if noise is an issue (even slightly), do NOT get this! If noise isn't an issue at all, then I recommend it.

We have this switch for over 3 years and it works great. Easy setup and it's a name you can trust.

 

The switch has worked flawlessly. Unfortunately the switch is larger than the one it replaced and we had to get a deeper wall rack for it, but I would purchase again regardless.

Good web administration faster and easy to setup

I second the comments about the loud fan.

However, the deal breaker for me (I'm returning the unit I bought) is that the web management interface does not work with Firefox. In fact, it works ONLY with IE on a PC.

Given that many other Linksys products work with Firefox, I was pretty surprised.

Linksys needs to have a talk with the clue fairy and cut some new firmware.

The fan is surprisingly loud, even for a rack-mounted device intended for a machine room.

However, the deal breaker for me (I'm returning the unit I bought) is that the web management interface does not work with Firefox. In fact, it works ONLY with IE on a PC.

Given that many other Linksys products work with Firefox, I was pretty surprised.

Linksys needs to have a talk with the clue fairy and cut some new firmware.