



Small/efficient design Flexible PoE output

Just being able to test cables and see TX/RX stats alone is worth the extra couple bucks vs. unmanaged. The other features, particularly port mirroring, are icing on the cake.


Solidly built, rubber bumper on the thumbscrew grips tightly, low profile so doesn't stick out from wherever its mounted, both hub and cable are USB 3.0, so fast transfers.




Worked, just worked. Bought 2 and put them at 300 foot intervals along a long ethernet run.

* 1x SPF+ WAN + 1x SFP+ LAN (connection to fiber ONT and one for uplink to other switches) * Local web interface (cloud management optional, not required) * Solid performance (e.g. hitting 8 Gb down on oversubscribed 10 Gb fiber) * Mostly silent; fans turn on for a couple of minutes every now and then, but mostly they stay off in my home office


Super easy setup. Plenty of POE ports.



- Works out of the box with Ubuntu Linux without any additional work needed. (They use the built-in Aquantia driver) - I have two Ubuntu boxes directly attached using these NICs, and am getting 10gig connectivity.


Easy installation. It is a "smart" switch and can provide basic information on port status and VLAN configuration.

Server sounds really impressive until you realize that it's just a pcie x1 slot. On the other hand, pcie x1 slot. I put it in a half size slot because it makes me not have to fight with a video card. Points up. This won't be apparent to you unless your card has ports facing another way. Get this one and save yourself a headache you will wonder why you even have.