Others say...

"Mileage may vary"
I purchased two SLM2008's at the end of October 2007 and while they are feature rich and seem to provide good performance they also run fairly hot.

Just recently (after 4.5 months) one of my units failed (overheated) after I ran a lot of traffic through it (many sessions, not high speeds necessarily). The unit was very hot to the touch and was dropping packets until it finally failed. This device is out in the open with great airflow, but I guess too much electronics are packed in these little switches.

Perhaps you need forced air across them to keep them cool while under load?

This product may work great for you, but just be aware of the potential heat issue.

"Works well. "
Apparently, my system was not suffering from "bottleneck" as much as I thought. Product works well, although I have experienced difficulty configuring the VPN remote access.

"Great product! Typical Linksys Reliability! SEE UPDATE BELOW"
I bought this switch to replace a failing 10/100 switch at home. So far, it's been a great product (in use for just about a month) though I haven't yet had a need to use the QOS or MAC restrictive features. But it's a fantastic gigabit switch!

UPDATE 11-12-2008: My switch failed just over a year later. At first, my computer's network card kept getting disconnected and I'd have to reboot the switch. After a while, it stopped letting my pc connect at all. I rerouted my network cable from the pc to another switch and it hasn't gotten disconnected since. I think the other reviewers may be right that it eventually overheated and failed. Going to contact Linksys for a replacement.

  

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- Device Type - Networking Switch
- RAM - 9KB
- Ports Qty - 8 Ports
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What our customer's say!

"Linksys slm2008 dead after one year", The Linksys SLM2008 has great features for it's price. I like the VLAN feature which I used to put my gamer son on a different subnet..

Alas, the unit died after a little over one year. The power light comes on, but that's it. None of the ports work.

Based upon my experience, I would not buy this switch again.

"These fail repeatedly. Linksys not helpful after several replacements.", We purchased over a dozen of these for use as desktop switches at our company. Both the SLM2005 and SLM2008 models. They all begin to fail at approximately the same time and within a week all are dead. At first Linksys was happy to replace them. However, after about the fourth round of replacements, they are now giving us the run-around and asking for more details about the failures before they can be replaced. My response, "They just don't work!" Seriously. You can no longer reach them on the assigned or default IP address, nothing connects on any of the ports. It matters not whether they are powered by AC or PoE.
Steer clear of these doorstops.

"Judging from reviews, reliability is not its strong point", My switch failed after 6 months of light usage. I had it installed in a Leviton wiring cabinet, the kind that fits into a wall.

Linksys product support was helpful and readily agreed to replace it without a lot of questioning. Fortunately, it has a 5 year warranty.

"2 units failed due to overheating", I purchased 4 of these for use as "loaner" switches at the company I work for. I have had two of them fail from overheating after 2-4 months of use, they just stop working, and were extremely hot to the touch. Definitely looks like a design problem, and I would highly discourage anyone from purchasing one of these.

"Easy to set up and use. Very fast", I was up an running in seconds with this. If you want to configure the advanced features (optional), this is very easy as well, but requires a little knowledge with VLAN's and related technology. If you know a little about this area, the instructions are clear and easy to follow and configure. Overall a great product!



 
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