I purchased this switch on Black Friday for $20, which is a great price. It performs very well with a 16Gbps backplane. It's built solid with a nice metal case, yet the switch itself is still fairly light weight. The LEDs show link speed and activity. It's simply plug-and-play.

Allows you to triple the number of standard four ports on your router to twelve. If your needs have grown to more than the standard four ports on your router. This is an excellent option to expand your connection needs.

TP-Link TL-SG108 Our home network/LAN has evolved over the years. For someone who was, supposedly, a computer networking expert, I'm somewhat ashamed to admit that very little planning was involved in this evolution.

Simpe to install; Great price .

Having an external DC adapter is a pain but nothing else I can think of

Its an appliance. Not much sophisticated function to comment about. It was trivial setup. Plug it in, hook up to router. Connect a bunch of devices to it. All devices working fine, getting high data rates. No issues. Nothing to complain about. Works great with gigabit ethernet.

I found this unit to work well in small non-critical environments. It is not supposed to be a business class switch.
It is small, discreet and has no fan noise which made it great for use connecting devices in my entertainment center.

Easy To Set Up; Metal Case; Quiet; No fan noise; Small

Still uses the awkward sized power adapter

TP-Link TL-SG2008 At a Glance Product TP-LINK 8-Port Gigabit Smart Switch [ TL-SG2008 ] Summary 8 port Gigabit smart switch with more advanced L2 features Pros • Multiple security options • CoS and DSCP QoS options • Reporting and statistical displays Cons • Documentation needs configuration...

Supports 16 KB jumbo frames; Energy saving mode; Very inexpensive; Multiple security options; CoS and DSCP QoS options; Reporting and statistical displays

Requires Windows utility to configure; No port access controls; Documentation needs configuration examples