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3Com 3C16791-US OfficeConnect Dual Speed Switch 8 Plus

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(2.5 out of 5)

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Solid, but slow and costly

(4 out of 5) by Curby on Aug 23, 2003

This replaced my RMA-ed Linksys EZXS88W v3 8-port which overheated and died after 3 days of use.

Compared to the Linksys:

Good:

Nice mounting bracket (can use to hold non-3com items)
Smarter (Auto MDI/MDX detection)
Brighter, well-spaced diagnostic LEDs
Metal/Plastic construction seems much more solid than Linksys
Lifetime warranty
Doesn't melt

Bad:

Larger footprint
only 60Mbit/s (Linksys did 90MBit/s)
costs $20-$30 more

Overall, it's a nice switch, but I wonder why its bandwidth is so low.

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Timeouts on remote connections

(1 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Apr 19, 2004

Longtime Amazon customer but this is the first time I have ever been driven to write a review.

This product was a huge disappointment after upgrading from my old Netgear RT314.

The problem? It times out my remote connections after about 15 minutes.. So I might be SSH'd into a remote system (work) doing some work.. Step away for a few minutes or get distracted and Bam.. Lost connection. And here I thought I had 'always on' internet. The old Netgear would stay logged in for days.

I contacted 3COM customer support (a very lengthy endeavor) and they told me it was 'designed to do that'. A quick search will show a lot of people who have this problem.

It will be many years before I buy another 3COM product.