We performed a comparison between Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches and Netgear Switches based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Netgear Switches come out on top in this comparison based on their speed, flexibility, stability, and scalability. Netgear Switches provide next-generation features, such as small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers, 10-gigabit speed potential, and the ability to easily handle AVB traffic.
"My work is able to continue because the switches are reliable."
"Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches are pretty good overall."
"I am impressed with the tool's features like routing, Layer 2 security, and port security."
"I use the tool because of its performance, reliability, and security."
"We have found the stability to be excellent."
"This solution is stable it runs without any interruptions."
"Cisco Linksys is scalable. You can use it as an extender, too."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the support."
"The solution is simple to use. I am also impressed with the tool's GUI and CLI."
"With this, you literally just log in to a website, see all your clients, all your NETGEAR switches, and you can manage them all right there: the VLANs, powering on and off individual ports, rebooting the whole device, the firmware updates. Everything can be done remotely..."
"The ease of use of these switches is very good because of the Cisco CLI. If you are familiar with CLI, then you can configure the switch that way. It also has a relatively straightforward web interface. Using the web interface is good for beginners or people who aren't familiar with Cisco CLI. However, having a common command line interface method is great for some of our more advanced guys who are familiar with it."
"The tool is very easy to deploy as it is a very basic switch."
"Since it has a web interface, it is easy to set up. You don't have to take three years of training somewhere for a lot of money."
"The tool is stable."
"For what I used this switch for, it did well."
"Netgear switches are highly reliable. We haven't done anything particularly sophisticated with them."
"It would be ideal if they could do more configurations and offer more flexibility. Right now, it's not flexible at all."
"It would be ideal if, for private users that are not companies, the solution could be made even cheaper."
"The Cisco user interfaces can be difficult to use and maintain."
"The simplicity of management could be improved so the object-based switch management is possible."
"Scalability-wise, this solution is not designed for small businesses."
"This product does not generate reports, so I would like to see something with better reporting."
"It would be nice if they can provide support for local authentication protocol, which is a security feature. It is not supported right now. They already support security features, so adding some local authentication features would be very nice. Currently, they only support external databases for the stuff for the authentication feature. If they could improve the existing feature or add a feature to support local databases, local username, password authentication, I think it would be very amazing."
"Integration is not easy since the device component is separate."
"My one issue with it is that not all the features of the switch can currently be managed via the portal. For some of the more advanced features, you still have to configure the switch."
"The scalability and warranty should also be improved."
"When the power does go out, or if we do a soft shutdown, some of the transceivers or the monitor don't recognize when it turns back on, so I have to physically unplug it and plug it back in and then it works. We're working with NETGEAR's engineers to figure out why that's happening."
"The product could be more robust."
"Centralized monitoring is there, but competitors like Cisco Prime are at a higher level of centralized monitoring."
"The tool does not offer extra firewall security."
"The management of them, itself, is not so good. You have to go between many different browsers, even some super-old browsers, to be able to do it. That is a super pain."
"The security features must be improved."
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Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is ranked 9th in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 51 reviews. Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is rated 8.0, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches writes "An advanced, sophisticated solution that allows for segmentation within networks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, D-Link Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches and Aruba Switches. See our Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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