TP-Link 5 Port Gigabit Ethernet Network Switch | Plug and Play | Desktop or Wall-Mount | Plastic Case Ethernet Splitter | Fanless | Traffic Optimization | Unmanaged (TL-SG1005D)

I wanted to hard-wire the network for my home theater setup. Most notably, an Xbox 360 (100Mbit), a PS3 (1000Mbit), an AppleTV 3rd gen (100Mbit), and the television itself (LN52B630, unsure about speed). Previous, I had the Xbox plugged in directly to my Airport Extreme over CAT5e, and used the wireless on the PS3/AppleTV. However, I wanted to hard-wire the AppleTV for airplay mirroring to speed things up a bit. And if I was going to split the one gigabit connection into more than one, I figure I might as well wire up everything, and a 5 port gigabit switch was exactly what I needed. Looking around Amazon, this guy had really top notch reviews. Online research showed NewEgg reviewers giving this little guy glowing reviews, with a few nags here and there. There are a few neat hacks people have done to make this switch even more useful, but I won't get into those. I figured for $20, this little guy should do the trick. Plus, Amazon has a great return policy for faulty products, so why not give it a try. I've been burned by high quality names dying out on me for no good reason, so I figured I'd give this little guy a go. So far, fantastic! I wasn't able to do a very good test to max out the line speed, but the speed did not change between no switch and the switch over the same wire. I checked all ports and they all worked at 1000BaseT just fine, and latency was consistent across all ports. Also, I confirmed that mixed modes caused no issues, as noted by my above devices. Of the 5 ports, 2 are gigabit (uplink to the Airport Extreme and the PS3), and the AppleTV/Xbox are 100Mbit - the TV is most likely 10BaseT, but it may be 100BaseT. Everything is working together flawlessly, though since it's for a home theater setup, it's not being taxed heavily. If it dies on me or if things end up not working out, I will be sure to come back and update this review. But I figured I'd toss my two cents for other people running into my situation.

Put in two of these switches in my home network to replace two older Linksys 10/100 switches. I planned to buy Linksys switches in the Gigabit rating, but they are a weird shape now, and have no lights on the front! Found these switches priced much less than the Cisco/Linksys line, and they are nice and flat so they can be stacked. They also have power and data lights on the front where they can be seen. Two "T" holes in bottom allowed me to wall mount them using two small round head screws (you provide the screws). Moved large 2 gig movie files from a desktop to the server (Windows Home Server 2011). It takes just moments, and the speed was a steady 800 Mbps!!! This is on a network with about 150 feet of plain old Cat-5 cable and these switches inbetween the desk top PC and the server. Also like the fact that the switch save power by shutting off unused ports, and varies voltage on the line based on cable length. I have the Linksys EA2700 10/100/1000 router and it works just fine with the TP-Link switches. The switches also support 15K Jumbo Frame which is nice for large file transfers. And they are cool to the touch. I'm very happy with the TD-Link switches. Update: When traffic is light on the network, I am getting full 1Gbps transfer speeds between desktop and server. The desktop has two of these TP-Link switches, the router, and about 150 feet of cat-5 cable between it and the server it talks to. Not bad in my book. When the kids start streaming video off the internet, the non-internet data slows down, although this is probably more a function of the router slowing down under load than the switch because the streaming video is done wireless. Udate: Been 8 months and now have two of these switches working flawlessly. Also added the TP-link printer server to the network and it is working flawlessly also.

I am reviewing both the 24-port rackmountable switch, as well as the 5-port desktop switch. These are inherently very different products. TP-LINK TL-SG1024D 10/100/1000Mbps 24-Port Gigabit 13-inch Rackmountable Switch, 48Gbps Capacity The rackmount switch is very large for a desktop model, I highly recommend you use it in a rackmount configuration as it is intended. The power cord connector is thick and sticks out at the back of the unit. All of the Cat 5/6 cables connect at the front, making it cumbersome to mount on a desktop configuration. It also produces quite a bit of heat and was registering much more power draw than the 5-port switch. The rackmounted switch uses 10W of battery just standing by with no network activity. There are no amber LEDs. Instead, there's an extra LED that indicates a 1000 Mbps connection. So for the 10/100 connections, that LED simply won't light up. I found the indicators to be a tad confusing at first, but they present all the pertinent info you need. Again, this is overkill for most desktop/home applications. Overall: 5/5 stars. TP Link TLSG1005D 5 port Gigabit switch This is an inexpensive unmanaged switch with 5 Gigabit ports. I see a lot of complaints about the use of single color LEDs for all of the ports. Honestly, I get freaked out if I see amber instead of green because I am used to the amber signifying a 10 Mbps connection instead of 100 Mbps. So on my Netgear JNR3210 and D-Link gigabit switch, 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps connections all show up as amber. I only have a handful of systems with Gigabit NICs, so the amber lights throw me off. The TP Link shows green regardless of the connection, and that is fine. I also tucked the TP Link inside my entertainment cabinet with my media center PC and Xbox 360, so I don't really look at the LEDs. Overall: 5/5 stars, efficient, inexpensive, and excellent performance. It's an unmanaged switch so it isn't rocket science. It doesn't come with a Cat 5E cable though, but at least the AC adapter is fairly compact.

UPDATE ---4/25/2014 My Switch still works flawlessly! The best Wireless Router I've ever owned was the cheapest & easiest to setup & use, a $16 TP-Link. I owned several other major brands & models. TP-Link impresses me again with this switch. No switch. No remote. All five ports are in or out. Hooked up a Roku, Co-Star, G-Box MX2, & my 60" Smart TV in under five minutes & all of them 'Just Work' off one Ethernet cable from my Xfinity (Comcast) router.The Switch is compact & light. LED lights in front show me what is going on. Over a week of heavy use and no problems, no issues. Being TP-Link, I am not surprised. UPDATE 5/23/2019: I have used the switch since May, 2014. Still works flawlessly. Until we setup our new TV, we forget it was there! I tried several much more expensive ones, none worked well, until I tried this low priced box.

I just needed a switch to connect all my A/V stuff together and get them off the wifi bandwidth - who knew that everything was eventually going to have ethernet? Plugged in, things connected. Easy Peasy. Lightweight - so it feels a bit on the cheap side - but the advantage there is no worries trying to hang it on the wall, out of the way. This was the perfect switch for connecting my 2 gaming consoles, the smart TV, and the BluRay to the wired network, eliminating all the extra noise in the 2.4ghz band and improving wireless performance for all the other devices in the house that need it - tablets, phones, laptops, etc. Plugged into the Powerline AV adapter and plugged my ps3 in and I was connected quickly. Online gaming response is MUCH improved over the on-again/off-again of wireless. Price can't be beat - and for those who really want to tinker with it, this switch uses the same chip as the managed hub - and with some serious technical know how, you can make this switch act like a much more expensive managed version. Google it up - I didn't need to do it, so I can't tell you the specifics. For my needs, this was perfect. Rock on.

Well made, compact and a great price. Serves its purpose very well when used as a hub. Speeds are not managed in the way they would be with a managed switch, but instead the speed is shared among the connections. The performance is exactly what I wanted, exactly what I expected and is exactly what was advertised. For those complaining about speed loss, signal sharing is precisely how a hub works and how this unit is designed. It's no different than connecting 4 separate hoses to your main garden hose. There's loss of flow in the line because there's only so much water pressure. You want a data "pressure regulator", get off your wallet and get a more complex ethernet switch instead. Otherwise, optimize your speeds to a single device from the hub by unplugging or turning off any that you aren't using at that time and like magic your speed to that one device will increase to max. I'm happy with my purchase and would recommend to those who understand what it is they are actually buying.

I recently upgraded my internet speed to 100MBps, 1GBps in a month, and I needed to upgrade my network in my home. I bought some CAT 7 Ethernet cables and a TP-LINK Archer C9 AC1900 along with this network switch, but only have the switch right now. I have a dual band gigabit Cisco Router (POS) and CAT 5E cables working with this switch until i receive the remaining items. This is the first time I ever bought from TP-LINK so I was a little skeptical because of it being cheaper than the name brands, but had the same/better performance/specs. Now I am never going to buy from another brand again! I am now confident that TP-LINK is just as good, if not better, than the leading brands in networking. Now onto the product: I have the main router in another room and there is a CAT 5E cable running under the house from the router to my room. I then have the network switch in my bedroom coming from the CAT 5E port to my TV, Xbox, and Laptop. I tested the speed with Ookla on my laptop and I almost got the full 100MBps. I'd imagine numbers will be better once I install the CAT 7 cables and Archer C9. This is a plug 'n play product and will work 24/7 without having to reset it. Would recommend this product for anyone who wants a great priced Desktop Switch. *Will update my review once I finish upgrading my home network.

I purchased this gigabit switch for my home network because I do a lot of file transfers and backups with a couple of home servers, as well as stream 1080p video from my NAS (network attached storage) to my home-theater PC in the living room. I was tired of the slow 100Mbps transfer speeds from my Cisco (more like Linksys) router when backing up data for my Time Machine, or after ripping a BluRay to send the data to my 12TB NAS, so I knew that I needed Gigabit but didn't want to pay a lot for it. I originally looked at purchasing a new wireless router with gigabit ports, but the prices were still high and my current router works fine, it's just a little slow for the wired up devices. I read that this switch is "Green" as far as it doesn't use a lot of energy and this means less heat as well as less energy consumption so it was really a win/win situation. When I got the package, it came with the usual documentation, power supply, and the switch itself. I installed the switch and hooked it up to my router's output as well as the Cat6 cable from my server, home-theater PC, and a line going to my MacBook Pro. I had instant connectivity and everything works swimmingly. I can pull gigabytes worth of info off the server in a fraction of the old times. The switch runs very cool, barely warmer than room temperature in my living room. I am very happy with this switch, and have nothing but good things to say about it. I am glad I went with this instead of a "well-known" brand that seem to have a lot of issues.

Me ha funcionado muy bien, no altera velocidad de Inter

Plug and play , utilisation immédiate , dispatching sans coupure , discret ,voyant de contrôle. Ma connexion : Sortie Freebox révolution avec RJ45 sur le switch et dispatching sur TV et sur Point wifi Airport Apple. 15 j d'utilisation sans aucun problème. J'aime l'informatique hardware quand elle est de ce niveau de qualité.

I bought this to set up a wired network for my smart TV, Blu Ray Player & games console. My cable router is on other corner of the living room so got this & a 10m Cat6 cable to hook up & works great. Switch is just that, no frills, no fuss, no unecessary buttons of anything actually on it, just plug in & play set up. LED lights on front shows power on, & any live connections , & blinking indicates data transfer. I think if your gonna get one of these Gigabit switches, go for a decent Cat6 ethernet cable for the router connection & also for the connections to your equipment. Smart TV apps like bbc Iplayer, 4OD etc load up much quicker & no loss of signal like when using wireless, great! All in all a very good buy & recommended.

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The TP-Link 5 Port Gigabit Ethernet Network Switch has been a fantastic addition to my home network setup. I’ve been using it for over a year, and it has functioned flawlessly throughout. Its compact size is a major plus—it fits just about anywhere, making it perfect for tight spaces or discreet setups. Installation was extremely easy—just plug and play with no configuration needed. I’ve connected all 5 ports simultaneously without any issues, and the network speed has remained consistently fast and stable. The device handles multiple connections smoothly and efficiently. Overall, this is a very reliable and well-designed switch that delivers excellent performance at a great price. Highly recommended for anyone needing a simple and effective way to expand their wired network.