We performed a comparison between Huawei Ethernet Switches and NETGEAR Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This product is competitive technically with the best products in the class."
"Easy to use, flexible, stable, and offers great performance."
"Huawei Ethernet Switches are both scalable and stable."
"We use Huawei Ethernet Switches for business networks and connectivity."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"In terms of the most valuable features, LAN switching is more comfortable and valuable in the network. It is easy to configure and easy to deploy. It is helpful for the installation and it is easy to troubleshoot issues. It's an easy product to understand. It's a good solution."
"They have the ability, since they have a very big R&D team, to create an upgrade for any feature or patch very easily."
"The product is easy to deploy."
"Out-of-the-box, it works for our main use case. When passing multicast video across the network, our technicians don't have make any changes. Then, if we do need to make configuration changes for a custom scenario, the web interface is user intuitive so it's easy to use and change."
"We have one client that has three Insight switches and when we make a change to their network... we can make the configuration change and push it down to all three switches at once. We don't have to individually log on to each switch to make the change."
"The remote troubleshooting features provide a single pane of glass where I can see my all my clients' equipment. If they're reporting a problem, I can go to the Insight Pro interface online and I can bring up that client and I can see all their devices and the status of all their devices."
"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."
"As far as remoting into it goes, it is very efficient because I can do it from anywhere, through the remote software. I can get right into it, I can change settings really quickly, if a customer needs to add another device into it or if I need to make changes on the VLANs that we created."
"The solution is reliable and it is easy to setup."
"This switch is Layer 3, so it is a totally managed system."
"It could potentially be difficult to get parts depending on where you live."
"Devices should have the ability to configure more easily."
"In the next release, I would like to see an increase in the performance of DDoS protection systems against all kinds of attack packets."
"The product should improve cloud capability."
"Huawei Ethernet Switches have not automated its firmware."
"The graphical user interface could be much better."
"We would like to have a greater level of automation using this solution. The customer support could also be faster."
"I had issues with patching the IOS. But right now I think Huawei has improved very much in the advanced technology and is more stable now. I think patch and bug fixes should be announced on a scheduled basis."
"The M4250 switches needs more SFP models."
"The product's stability has certain shortcomings that need improvement."
"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 main negative thing is the speed. When you use the portal, if you have a lot of customers and locations in the portal, and you need to scroll through those clients or those locations, it takes a pretty long time to load those pages and to select the client. That's the problem in the portal on the laptop, and it's the same problem in the portal on the app."
"One area that has room for improvement, and I know NETGEAR is working on it, is adding more features to the products lines in terms of what we can manage through the Insight portal... not all Layer 2 or Layer 3 settings are there yet."
"It's worked for the most part, but we've had to power cycle a few devices. We've had to ask customers to manually power cycle them with the power cord, after some of the firmware updates. Their updating needs a little improvement."
"Netgear switches could be cheaper."
"Though the tool's useability is good, it has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
Huawei Ethernet Switches is ranked 13th in Ethernet Switches with 50 reviews while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 50 reviews. Huawei Ethernet Switches is rated 7.6, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Huawei Ethernet Switches writes "The solution is power efficient, stable, and provides free-of-cost batch upgrades". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Huawei Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, H3C Ethernet Switches, HPE Ethernet Switches and Mellanox Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and MikroTik Routers and Switches. See our Huawei Ethernet Switches vs. NETGEAR Switches report.
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