5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Web Managed Switch | VLAN Support | Metal Case | Desktop/Wall-Mount | Fanless | Limited | QoS | Ethernet Splitter

I sent back a managed 4 port more than double the price. This unit arrives, the packaging is simple and efficient, it's well made, comes with a wall wart ps and everything worked when I plugged it in. I immediately logged in to the console, it came right up, checked all the settings, changed the password, updated the firmware and done! For the price there's nothing I know of that beats this. And from a security standpoint, as a $20 upgrade to a passive switch, it's perfect.

great for the price

First off, I like the Zyxel products. I have 2 of these and one GS1600 and GS2400 all manages. I run 4 VLANs and use Trunking bwrween all of them and it works flawlesly. The only reason I gave 4 stars is the setup. I noticed the initial setup with Chrome does not function. Same with Firefox. I ended up using the new Windows 10 browser (don't remeber the name, I'm mainly using Linux or Mac) or Opra - yes it still exists. I also had to reset it twice, though I am not sure it helped at all. I noticed when the browser does show a screen of the 90's (no images, white background and a 1st grader login screen) it won't work. Once I got logged in the first time though and changed the password all browser issues went away. This is something QA should have found and it happenes with both systems. Others complain with VLAN 1. I noticed all Zyxels I worked with run management on VLAN 1, if you remove it, reset the system if you ever want ro reconfigure it. But hey that's fine. Other than that I like it, I recommend it, especually for the price. I would have loved a differend color scheme though, not silver. Oh and what I forgot, I don't like is the password only allows a-zA-Z0-9. That ruins a bit my sysadmin passwords.

El producto es excelente, solo que fue mucho tiempo el que tuve que esperar para que me llegara, busquen otra paquetería para su logística, solicito también la factura, aun no me ha llegado.

This is a great little set-and-forget switch to extend a trunk on an existing SOHO network. I used it to terminate a MoCA link (Ethernet-over-Coax). For IEEE 802.1q trunking and general security, remember the following: 1. For the trunk port, make sure each in-use VLAN is set to "Tag Egress Member" which will presumably match your upstream switch (tagging for in-use VLANs is a best practice and only VLAN one can be untagged on a trunk anyway). 2. For access ports, make sure the VLAN is set to "Untag Egress Member" 3. REMEMBER: On access ports to make the PVID number match the VLAN number or else the access port *will not* function. 4. For defense against VLAN-hopping attacks I disabled the default-untagged VLAN 1 on the upstream switch trunk interface. For ~$30 this is a lot of capability.