We performed a comparison between D-Link Ethernet Switches and Netgear Switches based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Of the two solutions, Netgear Switches has better ratings because it has better stability than D-Link Ethernet Switches and users are satisfied with the technical support as well as its ROI.
"There are many good points about this product. Number one, they are very stable, and easy to configure and manage."
"The initial setup was very easy and user-friendly."
"The solution is scalable."
"D-Link has a good VPN feature and quality of service."
"The main selling point for me was the pricing. Moreover, the performance is good. I haven't had any issues so far."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It is very stable and reliable."
"The High Bandwidth AV-over-IP functionality of these switches has been fantastic, especially in leaf-and-spine. We've been able to build redundancy and they seem to outperform even the Cisco Catalyst, which is about twice as expensive as the M-series switches are."
"The ability to manage them is the big valuable feature. The ease of use is great."
"Their online portal is one of the most useful features. The portal is very user-friendly, so even someone with not a lot of tech experience can go in and see what's going on with the switch."
"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."
"There is a lot of helpful documentation that helps with the configuration process."
"I'm satisfied with the stability of NETGEAR Switches."
"For what I used this switch for, it did well."
"It's nice, if there is an issue, to be able to go in through the remote. The fact that the remote doesn't require a static IP... is nice. They initiate the contact to the outside world, without requiring a static to get in."
"They could be more stable. They were not as resistant as Cisco. After some time, some of them failed. This could be because we import quite a lot of products from different horizons, so there is no guarantee of quality. In Africa, these products don't always directly come from the manufacturer. We get these products from the Middle East or Asia. Therefore, you cannot be sure that the quality is exactly similar to what you have in Europe or America."
"The solution needs to improve layer 2 switches."
"In a future release, the solution could improve by being more secure and allowing the configuration of each port."
"The solution needs better local support."
"The solution's web filtering feature could be improved."
"They need to enhance stability."
"This solution is not good for distribution at the core."
"It could be easier to scale on managed devices."
"Their old firmware was a problem for us and we're still working on it. It didn't apply correctly so it took about half of our switches offline, which meant we couldn't use some of the functionality like the firmware updates. Unfortunately with that firmware, which they've sorted out, if you don't go through all the firmware and make sure it's past that point and back online, that's an issue with them. It's something to cautious about"
"One thing I would like to see improved is the response time for technical support."
"The technical support could be more helpful."
"I'd like to see a little bit of slowdown on the firmware updates. They've been doing a lot of them. I don't know if that's just because it's such a new product line, but the firmware updates have been a little annoying because they've been coming once a week. For a switch, that's a little extreme."
"There is a lack of documentation, and the documentation I have is unclear, so I have to rely on Google for information."
"If they could come up with ways to look at metrics on it while the video is capping through the system, that would be nice. There could be some interesting uses for that, but it's a long way off."
"NETGEAR Switches could provide local technical support services."
"The tool does not offer extra firewall security."
D-Link Ethernet Switches is ranked 11th in Ethernet Switches with 24 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 51 reviews. D-Link Ethernet Switches is rated 7.8, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of D-Link Ethernet Switches writes "Plug-and-play, zero maintenance, and reasonably priced". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". D-Link Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, MikroTik Routers and Switches and Aruba Switches. See our D-Link Ethernet Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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