Customer Reviews

D-Link DGS-1005G 5-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch

5 star:		(126)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I was looking for a small, low-power, reliable little 8-port gigabit enabled switch with auto mdi/mdix.. and I found it. The unit runs very cool, is completely silent, and sits eloquently in the background. Before I purchased this, I reviewed Linksys (aka Cisco), Trendnet, HP, and a few others options for aggregate throughput, buffer RAM, power usage, etc.

The Dlink DGS-1008G is right at the top of the pack with 16Gbps backplane and 11.9 million packets per second, which roughly translates to .703 Gigabits of sustained throughput, which should be around 87.875MBps (MegaBytes, not bits). Keep in mind that 1Gbps = 125MB of throughput. Not any consumer switches I have found out there that can sustain this data rate. This is one of the highest throughput switches available in 8-port consumer, with HP and Trendnet second and third (in that order).

Worked perfect out of the box. I made up a few more Cat5e cables and away I went. Now if Dlink would only combine this switch with a wireless router and a WAN port!!! THAT would be awesome.

Update 06-26-11: Now that I have had time to test this out, I can get about 84-85 Megabytes per second of throughput, close to the numbers i mentioned above. Tested using iperf/jperf with TCP/UDP. Make sure to set all devices to jumbo frames to get this throughput. I went into network adapter settings and changed the default packet size to 9K MTU. Changed my Synology NAS for 9K also.

Going from a NetGear to this was like moving from Detroit to the Swiss Alps. Nice and small, yet great build quality. Internet performance is more solid than with other switches I've tried over the years. One huge plus is, it doesn't get hot like the others. Good job D-Link another top-notch product.

This is a fantastic product. It's hard for some reason to find a good Gigabit Switch. Most consumer switches are 10/100, not 10/100/1000, and they sell for the same price or more than the D-Link. Prior to this, I was using several Dell 2708 switches. They ran flawlessly but are large and heavy (and made of metal). This product is tiny, mostly plastic, light, and runs cool. I also like the power saving features. The D-Link 5-port Switches, at half the price, are an excellent value.

Replaced my old Linsys Gigabit Switch with this one and "NOW I'M FLYING". "NOT ALL GIGABIT SWITCHES ARE CREATED EQUALLY!" This delivers higher than expected performance and exceeds my high expectations. I own a total of three D-Link gigabit switches. All outperforms my other Linksys versions. Get this and stop shopping, please!

I needed a switch to extend my network into another room in the house so I could connect another computer, a Blu-ray player, and a network attached storage hard drive to the existing network. I chose this switch because of the price, the Gigabit ethernet ports, and because I've had good experiences with D-Link hardware before.

This switch does exactly what I need, does it well, and is truly "plug and play". I connected a cable from my router to the switch, then connected my other computer, my Blu-ray player, and a network attached storage hard drive to the switch. Powered up the switch and that was all I had to do. No configuration, no software to install, no settings to change. It just works. The computer has much better Internet access now (was wireless before) and the Blu-ray player now streams Netflix at noticeably higher quality (it was wireless before as well). The network attached storage hard drive is visible across all computers on the network, and the Gigabit connection on the switch, combined with the Gigabit connection on the computer and on the network drive, makes for blindingly fast backups and data transfers.

There are only a few minor things that could be considered negatives. The unit's shape prevents it from being stackable, the activity lights are a bit hard to read from certain angles, and the AC adapter seems cheap. None of these prevent me from recommending this switch, though.

If you need to expand your wired network to more devices than your router can allow, get this switch.

All of the wireless devices on my home network were killing overall performance as I had simply outgrown the 5 port 10/100 switch integrated into my wireless G router. I tried a few N and dual-band routers that had integrated GigE switches hoping this would address my performance issue, but none of these had acceptable range and would consistently drop the signal beyond 40 feet.

Read the reviews on this switch and figured I'd give it a shot for $40 and have been very happy. Home NAS (Drobo FS) and home server (Macbook Pro) are now on full GigE and I have full GigE to office, master bedroom and family room devices. Most devices - like Wii and Apple TV2 - are still 10/100, but the performance of 100Mbit wired over wireless is a huge improvement. Apple TV now takes a fraction of the time to load movie directories and start movies off the Drobo FS compared to old setup that had 10/100 from Drobo to Mac and wireless from Mac to Apple TV.

Bottom line: Great switch for the money.

Set-up was very easy. You will need an Ethernet cable (not included) to connect the Switch to your router. I like that this product is "green", so hopefully we will get some energy savings with it. The product did not decrease the operating speed of my computer, which was great. I didn't want to sacrifice and speed. This product comes as either 5 or 8 ports. Since the 8 port model is only ten dollars more than the 5 port model, it would probably be better to get the higher one, even if you don't think you need that many ports, because at some point in the future you probably will. It will make adding new hardware easier.

Its small, fast, reliable and sleek. Not stackable because of its rounded top. Looks nice with my home stereo setup and its lights are not annoying because they are on top and not facing forward. Never need to reset this device. Lights indicate whether a device is connected at 100 or 1000.

Been wanting to add more Ethernet ports for a while and never knew the difference between a router and switch. Already had two routers for each service I use [have a backup since I work from home]. Did a lot of research on switches and routers and always had good luck with D-Link, and their routers and switches get good reviews, so I got a 5 port and an 8 port and they both work great and really expanded the use of my wired internet. Have not noticed any decrease in speed by adding the switches and all you have to do is plug it in, hook the cord [I use Cat6] from the router to the #1 slot and connect away.

They should rename this little guy a "cat-5 extension cord". I currently have a Wi-Fi router down cellar connecting wireless to my wife's machine and with an in-house cat-5 cable to my computer room. I periodically connect older (non-wireless) laptops & desktops for "checkups". This little unit was truly a very simple and inexpensive plug 'n' play solution if you don't mind a cable or two running behind the furniture and currently have a LAN router. Thus far it has performed flawlessly and is quite fast.