Other reviews state noisy power adapters and such, nothing, it is fine, I also have the larger 16 port version of this, it also works fine, setup is easy, from the software tool it shows me no bad packets like another reviewer stated,, use cat 5E or better cable, I am using cat 6, QOS tagging, Vlan...

it is small; no noise; Vlan tagging is a must for me

no cons

I bought this for my stereo cabinet to keep my HTPCs on a separate network segment from the Vizio M70-C3, Bluray player and audio receiver, using VLANs. These "Smart" IoT devices probe their network segment with UPnP, and will phone home to their mother ship if possible; from a computer security...

I was this close to sending my managed switch back because the box had "unmanaged" plastered all over it. TP-link is trying to market this as both a plug and play switch and a managed switch, only you have to open the box and discover the references to a web interface to know that you got the right...

Needed a VLAN capable switch for a LAN extension project, and at the price (22 quid +VAT for me) it seemed the perfect solution. Upside - it does what is says on the tin, it's an 8 port manageable VLAN capable switch with (limited) trunking capability.

Product is great as usual and easy setup ,metal casing make its more sturdy ,worth buying it, will buy two more Only thing it lacks is the remote management

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This is everything a switch shouldn't be. Why would a switch require software to be installed on a Windows machine in order to manage it? 'Easy' must refer to making it easy for the manufacturers, rather than the user. Want a web interface? Nope. Want to use it on a linux network? Nope.

I was using wifi up until recently and got sick and tired of dropped or slow connections because of wifi interference. This lets me run most of my devices that are wired.

- Exactly what I expected and more. - Software features in management software are great.

- Metal sturdy construction; - Easy and intuitive management software

- None that I could find

I got the version that allows management via a web interface, glad I did as I didn't want a Windows only management version. I have only used it as a dumb switch so far with a port reserved for mirroring traffic on a piece of work that required that and it did he job well.