TP-Link 16-Port Desktop Gigabit Ethernet Switch/Hub, Ethernet Splitter, Plug & Play, no configuration required, Steel Case(TL-SG116), Grey

Great product for at home setup easy plug in and play

Arrives nicely packed, with a few leaflets and little else. In the box there is the switch and a power supply and four little rubber feet.There is no template, so you need to know that the mounting holes are exactly 20cm apart. If you intend to mount it with the writing the right way up, then you need to move both screw holes 7mm to the right of where you had marked. This is because the switch fits on the screws and then secures by moving it to the left. This is perhaps unusual, but it stops the switch moving up and falling off when you plug cables in, so makes perfect sense.You need No.6 or 3.5mm screws. Anything bigger and the heads won't go in the slots. This is standard for switches.I put the feet on and then mounted it on the wall. Sounds silly, but I prefer doing that. It cushions the switch and means if you ever want to use it desktop, then you haven't lost the feet! Get the screws right and with the feet fitted the switch is very firm on the wall. No rattling here!Construction is good, nice and heavy, and internally has all the right heat sinks. A good quality unit. The only difference I could see with any other switches is it doesn't have an on/off at the back.My only minor complaint, and this applies to all switches that I know of, the LEDs are in the wrong place, and you can't see them when the unit is wall mounted. I have seen some people mount them upside down to remedy this, but something I would not do unless I have blanking plugs for the unused sockets to keep the dust out. I don't, so it went the right way up!!Wiring up, I like all the sockets. The power socket is nice and solid, as are the Ethernet sockets. They are the right way round - with the cable releases facing outwards, not inwards towards the wall (You have to watch this, on some switches the cable release tabs are inwards towards the wall which makes it seriously difficult to remove the cables!! ).Works as you would expect. No sign of any issues. An excellent switch and great value too.Highly recommended.

Had this plugged in and operating within about 5 minutes of it arriving. Plugged in cables and it just worked seamlessly. zero faffing about. No drop off in speed either.

The single-row design of this switch with the power connector on the opposite side means you need a fair bit of room for it but on the other hand makes monitoring the status LEDs and, if wall-mounted, routing the cables easier. Without a fan, it doesn't need to be hidden away to suppress noise - it runs silently.The 802.1q VLAN works well to reduce inter-switch cabling and to break it up into multiple switches. I have it sharing VLANs with a number of similar Netgear GS108Ev3 & GS308E switches without a problem.A small niggle when using 802.1q is that there is no way to specify which VLAN the admin interface and its DHCP client should use, so it's easy to lose contact with web interface once configured & in place. (The Netgear devices have the same problem.)

Fast data switch that has a great build quality

Easy to use; just plug in the cables and away it goes. I mounted mine on the wall and it runs my 16 socket network with no problems. There is nothing to adjust, and it seems well made.

Needed extra port capacity so ordered this. Works out of the box no software setup required! Would recommend.

This device is the heart of my home network and cybersecurity lab. It isn't a firewall, it isn't a router but the feature list goes on and on and on. VLANs work just as they should. I've paired mine with a Ubiquiti EdgeRouter for LAN routing and the result isn't far off what a large office could run on. This will do for me until I inevitably upgrade to 10Gbs, if that becomes affordable and devices can support all of these features.. High End Quality in a small package and at a good price.