Zyxel 5 Port Network Ethernet Switch | Web-Managed | GS1200-5V3

Dispositivo muy eficiente. Cero ruido, creo emisión de calor. Necesito otro!

This is my second zyxel switch, the GS1200-8. I also have the GS1900-8HP. They make great switches from what I can tell, but I’m no expert. $25 for a web managed gigabit switch is impossible to beat I think. The web management interface (WMI) is pretty intuitive, if simple. I doubt the GS1200-8 has all the most advanced features of more expensive managed switches. Its WMI is pretty sparse compared to screenshots of others I’ve seen, but it does what I need. Interestingly, the GS1900-8HP Power over Ethernet switch from Zyxel has very different firmware compared to the GS1200-8. I haven’t compared them feature per feature, but I believe the 8HP might have more options and customizable features. Need to do side-by-side comparison of their firmware, maybe I’ll add to this review after I do that. The power brick is tiny compared to the Power over Ethernet power brick from the other Zyxel switch I own. The switch itself is also tiny. I didn’t realize when I bought that it would be physically about 1/3 the size of the 8HP PoE switch I already had. Very sleek little unit. Solid metal case with a nice rough (anodized?) texture. Case screws are quite tight, but I got ‘em loose and opened it up to take a peak inside. Don’t know anything about electronics manufacturing, but these internal components are of as high a quality as I’ve seen. I’m seeing blazing fast speeds on all my devices passing through the switch. I have not done any formal, rigorous testing, but so far I am quite pleased with this switch. It works great for a home or small business network. If you have high end enterprise-grade networking requirements, this switch may not be ideal, although for the price it’s certainly worth seeing if it meets your needs because you will pay far more for a Linksys, Netgear, or Cisco switch. Also of note is that Zyxel actively patches their equipment. The firmwares for both of my Zyxel switches have fairly recent updates, need to check the dates for their latest firmwares and I’ll include them in a future edit. It’s not as if Zyxel slaps these things together and ships them without intending to support the firmware and issue bug fixes and security patches. No they seem to do a pretty good job of staying up to date with these things Instructions that come with the unit are a bit sparse, but Zyxel’s online tutorials and videos are good, and although I haven’t needed it yet, I believe their customer support is decent as well. This would be a great choice for a managed gigabit switch even if the price wasn’t so competitive, just make sure it has the features you need.

Working flawlessly. Doing what it does, managing the data traffic. I'm happy with it.

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.

I was literally a developer for routers and switches. This is excellent value for the money and has a well done web interface. This has support for obscure features that most people will likely never need, but the main thing is that it runs cool and is completely reliable.