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Excellent switch for the price. It is a bit noisy, but I have this installed at my home residence by itself in a hall closet. If you're buying this for a rack with other switches/any noise, it won't make any more noise than other devices. Con: the mounting brackets only came with 4 screws instead of the 8 it is designed for. One side of the switch was cracked where the mounting bracket goes, but it is used so i expected some wear.
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Both this and the SRW2016 are great managed switches, but they are very noisy. That's not an issue if used for a comm closet or data center, but if you're planning on using it for home, you may be better off picking up a few 8-port switches instead which are fanless. These switches have two 40x40x20mm 3-pin fans which run full speed all the time on the left side of the chassis. I've replaced these with 2 fans of the same size from Silenx and the difference is night and day. You can't hear the switch unless you're right next to it. Of'course it does come at a sacrifice of airflow and cooling capacity - but so far I haven't had any issues.
While the SRW series switch are in fact loud, you can pull the front and rear bezel off, remove the top cover and disconnect the two fans - this review isn't about how loud it is. The switch actually does run cool without the fans, unless of course you have it jammed in a rack with tons of other equipment. The SRW series switches are reliable network devices that support web management and most importantly, port trunking. If you're looking for a switch for either home networking or small business use, look no further.
It's kind of out-date. But I like better then unmanaged switch switch witch it will be replacing. So Thanks
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Unit may be defective, but if not there is no sense in the cooling fan being as loud as it is. I can hear it over all the other equipment.
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