Customer Reviews

Leviton 47611-8PT 10/100Mbps 8-Port Ethernet Switch

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When I built my house, I installed two different Leviton Structured Media Centers {SMC} (a great way to organize all network, telephone and Smart House interfaces). I purchased this unit in 2004 along with Leviton Data Expansion Module (P/N 47605-CB5), and paid around $150.00 for the switch. A little more than a year later I accidentally touched the end of a CAT-5e cable while plugging it in on my laptop and a static discharge jumped from my finger to the RJ-45 connector (the other end of the cable cable was connected to wall RJ-45 Jack which connected to Leviton 47611-8PT Switch). Two days later the Internet went down in the house, and I traced it down to the failure of Leviton 47611-8PT switch (Computers showed Active Ethernet connection, but the entire network was down).

I replaced it with a Netgear 10/100/1000 Gigabit 8-port switch (it actually had an "Earth Ground" terminal for static protection, and paid around $50.00 for it, which is a lot less than my original expense). I've been using the Gigabit switch for over 5 years, and just added a second 8-port unit as well (no ground lug on this one). I'm not sure if Leviton Switch Leviton 47611-8PT is a Netgear OEM unit (look similar), but it sure was an expensive waste of money. Additional observation: Leviton Gigabit products are way over priced.

I must say the 'Wall Wart' transformer equipped with Leviton is arranged correctly so it does not stick out beyond the SMC, not so with the Netgear transformer (something I need to deal with).

When we moved into our new house the structured wiring box was a total "rat nest" of wires. Using this I was able to bring order to an otherwise messy situation. It works well, installation is a snap, and I recommend it! It will lock into the Open House box as it should.

Note that you must isolate the Cat-5 wires from the phone wires if you have only one Cat5 home run wiring in your house. Otherwise when you plug in a Cat5 cable to a remote PC, it will short out your phone system!

Replaced the 5-Port version of this unit (one-for-one) within my network panel to get a few badly needed additional ports. Physical dimensions and mounting were identical. Power transformer was smaller than that on the 5-Port unit so I was able to make use of the power outlets available (internally) within the network panel. It was plug-and-play. Had everyting re-cabled and running in under 10 minutes.