TRENDnet 5-Port 10/100Mbps Switch (Plastic)

List Price: $17.74 Discount Price: $12.75

Features:

• Device Type - Fast Ethernet Switch
• Ports Qty - 5 Ports
• Data Transfer Rate - 10/100 Mbps
• Provide 1K MAC address entries

Customer Reviews:

Trendnet 5port Switch [Posted on 2008-02-16]
Hi Folks. I read the reviews and decided to buy this 5port switch. I needed it to replace an SMC wireless router/4port hub which over it's lifetime was disappointing at best. This switch worked great right out of the box. I, personally had a little conflict with gateway addresses in the conversion, but once those were resolved everything has functioned flawlessly.
The unit and power supply are very small if you need to transport them. It pretty much is plug and play. Price was definitely right for what I needed to do - 2 laptops, two desktops hooked up to my DSL modem.

Perfect Size - Great Price - Great Function [Posted on 2008-02-23]
This little 5 port switch is in my laptop computer bag at all times. There are plenty of situations I find myself in where there are several people who need Internet access but there is only one connection. Does anyone happen to have a switch? 9 times out of 10 the answer is "no."

This switch has a great feature that I wasn't expecting to find on such a small, low-cost unit. It auto-uplinks to any other switches on the network - no crossover cables necessary. That's one less specialty cable required to carry around to ensure network connectivity. Good job TRENDnet!

Otherwise there is nothing remarkable about this switch besides being small, light and does what network switches are supposed to do. After quite a bit of searching, this was the smallest switch I could find. At 3.1" x 3.9" x 1.2" it can't get much smaller!

Incredible Device [Posted on 2008-03-01]
This thing is tiny! I was able to fit it into a 3" deep networking box right along side my Motorola Surfboard modem, and all of the power bricks. Did I say small? The power brick is hardly worthy of the name.

Aside from the size, setup could not be easier. I had no problems at all with the auto sensing capability and it worked right away.

Works Fine [Posted on 2008-03-19]
Ordered it Friday (Tiger Direct $9.99 + $7.xx Shipping), got it Tuesday. I plugged an e-net cable from my DSL portal/modem(which has a USB jack and an e-net jack and it's hooked to my main computer upstairs via USB cable)into port 1, my basement computer(WindowsVista)into port 2, My son's X-Box 360 into port 3. Each of the three kids are now online at the same time even though the quick setup guide said it wasn't designed for multiple computers to share an internet connection and you should use a router. I read that after I had ordered it so I was unsure if it'd work at all. It's tiny and it works fine so I'm set for under $20.

Just plug it in and go. [Posted on 2008-04-05]
I wanted a simple switch, and this fits the bill. No setup, no software, no options: just plug in the power and up to 5 Ethernet cables. Done. It works flawlessly.

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