( 18 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 6 2009
This worked for a short period of time, after which network speeds were awful. For no obvious reason -- as others have reported -- it will only work at 10mbits now. Even with a 3 foot cat6 cable. Replacing this with other gigabit switches (and no other changes) results in instant gigabit speeds. It took a while to diagnose the network issues I was seeing where the SD2005 was involved. Reading these reviews, or having connection speed LEDs like my other switches, would have saved a lot of time and frustration. Now I know why Linksys doesn't want you to be able to see the connection speeds!
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Posted: Jun 19 2009
You'll get the switch, you'll love it and write a great review. Then in a few weeks or months it will start going flakey. Eventually it will die completely. You'll hate it. Do us all a favor and wait a few months before you a write a breathless review about how great this is, and you'll save a lot of people trouble. Cisco should be sued over the uniformly poor quality of these switches. Here's a hint: if a company like Cisco won't put their name front and center on a product, it's probably because they're cutting corners. LinkSys is the brand Cisco uses when they want to sell crap but don't want to tarnish their own image. Real IT people know the LinkSys is Cisco's code for "we really phoned in this one."
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Posted: May 21 2009
I work in systems/network support. Our department has bought 6 of these switches over the past year (not all in one purchase, but 1 at a time as needed). 3 out of the 6 have now failed as others have mentioned in their reviews. The switches worked great for the first few months, but suddenly failed. Post-failure, they provide a 'gigabit' link, but throughput is < 100 Kbps. If I could give this switch zero stars, I would. Don't waste your money on this switch.
