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A Friend of mine said that D-Link no longer puts a fan in this product and the DSS-5+.(5-port Dual Speed Switch) All the reviews say that this series of hardware from D-Link outperforms others and has a lower price so I had to have one, but was hesitant because of the horrible fan stories.

That has all changed! Now the Fan has been taken out and a heatsink has been added to keep things cool. I would recommend that if you purchase one of these from a store open it up and look for the fan. The slot on the case for the air flow is still there but the fan itself isn't. And if you order it online make sure there is a good return policy, just in case.

I am sure I don't need to say that this product is one of the fastest, if not the fastest personal switches out there. It is no hassle for a set-up considering that you only need to plug in the power and plug in the Ethernet cables and your set.

I like companies that hear the consumers complaints and fix them. D-Link gets Two Thumbs up from me.

Bought one for Xmas last year best thing since sliced bread awesome price for performance, However bad engineering design over the long haul little fan on the back right stops working the unit overheats, good luck dealing with Tech Support.

Consider the NetGear FS108 instead.

I picked up this switch about two years ago. The internal fan stopped moving after about six months but a few blasts with an air can fixed that. It does have serious overheating issues. So after two years of being on 24/7 it finally died on me. All the LEDs were on steady and it wasn't passing any traffic.

It performed well for the two years it was in service. It's a great switch to have laying around as a spare, but definitely not for mission critical or long term use.

I bought two of these DSS8+ 10/100 switches to replace two 3com 10M hubs figuring I would just unplug the 3com hubs and replace with the DLink switches and it would work great. BIG MISTAKE. Once I switched to DSS8+, all the computers would no longer browse the network. AND DLINK WOULD NOT HELP ME. I phoned tech support and left my name and number. They kept me on hold over 30 minutes. They would not call me back. I wrote three emails spread out over two weeks to DLink. They would not answer me. I filled out a Tech Support form on their web page. No answer at all. Now I'm left with two DSS8+ that won't work for me. I plugged back in the slower 3com hubs and everything is working again as before. I would love to have used the faster DLink products, but with their TOTAL LACK OF TECH SUPPORT (even the courtesy to answer one of my six inquiries), I can't recommend DLink products any more.