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Complaints and confusion here on Amazon are caused by these differences. I can't use Linksys at work, but at home network/lab uses about a dozen of their products. 2 does not have a fan, yet has the same form factor as the earlier stackables. Before today I would confidently recommend Linksys products to the numerous relatives, friends, and neighbors who seek my advice.
It has a TWO year warranty.The EG005w ver. Now that Linksys has engaged in deceptive practices I can no longer recommend their products to anyone.The problem is that Linksys apparently now uses "version" numbers to designate completely different products. The result is that what you buy might not be what you heard about. Linksys/Cisco is lying to consumers by providing three different products with totally different features and warranty periods, yet describing the products the same model number.Please permit me to present my credentials: I am a computer systems professional of 15 years and former loyal Linksys customer. A great example is the WRT54GS; later versions are pretty impressive yet incremental improvements.The problem here is that this the three versions are TOTALLY DIFFERENT. 1) had a possibly noisy cooling fan, from what I have read, but it has the same form factor of the earlier stackable Linksys series and no other major complaints apart from fan noise.The EG005W ver.
It has 16 LEDs showing power, link/activity, speed, and duplex. The power supply is 12v/2A.
Ver3 is hardly more similar to Ver2 than the HP J9077A#ABA, the NETGEAR GS108, or the D-link DGS-2208, notwithstanding number of ports. My setup includes BEFCMU10, BEFW1154, WRT54GS, EZX516W, AS2TNC, BEFSX41, EG1032, WPC54GS, some in duplicate, and a few others not in regular use.
3 is a totally different smaller form factor and totally different specifications. Both the model numbers and the UPC numbers are the same.
The products, however, are as different as if from different vendors.The original (EG005W ver. In fact, everything is smaller: It has only 6 LEDs, a 12v/.5A power supply, but worst of all, only ONE year warranty.According to the packaging of both, ver.2 and ver.3 are otherwise technically/specifications identical, but this is insufficient to distinguish versions (or brands for that matter).In all fairness, I know from my numerous Linksys purchases that they, like other vendors, make incremental improvements to products that merit different version numbers, but not for different model numbers.
So Buyer beware.
Item is as stated and works just fine for my application. Shipment arrived in acceptable time frame. Would by again OK++
0 hassle. This unit was recommended to me by my favorite MAC guru and works perfectly. I would buy it again. Looks good. It's plug and play. Be aware that it runs very warm to the touch. That's normal from what I hear and read.
The problem port did recognize one of the other RJ-45 jacks on a different cable so, so far so good. The unit works as advertised. Customer service is from India (to be expected) but other than asking 20 non-essential questions before getting to the real issue.they were at least friendly. However, one of the ports did not recognize one of the RJ-45 jacks I plugged in. When I switched that cable to another port it worked fine. They were no help in explaining why the port discriminated between the jacks but were willing to exchange the unit if I wanted to ship it back. The unit has operated well for the past month.
HOWEVER, it suddenly died in the 14th month of operation. Mine worked great for 14 months with my iMac, network and peripherals, then it died. When it worked it was quiet and gave absolutely no problems. A switch should last longer than that. I suggest a D-Link product for longer use.
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