Linksys EG005W

Pros: Stackable with Linksys products, easy to setup, quiet.

Cons: Speed less than optimal, maybe due to add-on GB cards.

Review: It is working fine for me. I do not notice any fan noise as the other opinion noted. Maybe his has a bad fan (I did not even know it had a fan). I stack mine under my Linksys WRT54GS. However, I cannot achieve even 50% utilization of the gigabit ...

Pros: Fast 100Mbit speeds, does not hamper standard 1000Mbit connections, stackable with other Linksys equipment

Cons: Jumbo frame support is unstable

The Bottom Line: Pretty good for a SOHO network switch, but unstable jumbo frame support dings overall score.

Review: Linksys EG005W I started my new job, and was surprised to see many Linksys EG005W gigabit network switches. They seem to use it on all help desk stations to connect their own PC, as well as other equipment they may be troubleshooting at the time. ...

Pros: works as expected, stackable with other Linksys products

Cons: way too much fan noise, kinda largish compared to other 5-port switches

Review: I had this switch for about a half-hour before taking it back to the store. It performed fine from what I saw, flawlessly even. I was excited that it would stack with my Linksys 802.11G AP, even if it is sort of large for a 5-port switch. The problem is ...

Pros: None

Cons: Junk

Review: Im a network manager and have just built my own raid5 linux server with 1.4TB of space. I purchased a linksys 10/100/1G pci card for the server and connected a new out of box linksys cisco EG005W 10/100/1000 switch to my sony vaio desktop system. Im ...