Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches Reviews

We mostly work with Cisco for network services. Our last project was specifically for TV broadcasting.

Cisco is the best on the Metro Solution side and also strong in the broadcast sector. Cisco and Arista support the IP standard, which is more in demand nowadays for TV broadcasting. Cisco is trusted by most broadcast customers for data centers due to their experience and knowledge. 

Cisco Linksys switches offer ease of management and experience, especially for engineers holding CCNA certificates. The functionalities and measurements are similar across switches, but Cisco offers a useful web interface.

We are using it as an unmanaged product to which we can't take access, so we just play L2 switches. At the branch access layer, we are using the aforementioned feature.

Right now, I'm unsure where we have and how much we have of the solution since they are L2 switches. Currently, I don't have an available inventory.

I can't think of any specific feature in particular. We use it as a simple L2 switch. The solution is flexible to use because the solution consists of unmanaged switches. One needs to just plug in and play it. However, I am not sure about the performance because we are using unmanaged switches, so I can't comment on the performance part, including its commercial part.

Cisco's switches are good for data center connectivity, small and medium-sized business connectivity, remote site connectivity, and enterprise data center as well. Cisco's switches as well as routers, both are good for any industry.

The solution's most valuable feature is its command line interface, which is very easy to use. Cisco's documentation is easily available over the internet. Most of the time, if we are facing any issue or some zero-day log that we have never seen before or some issues that occur on a zero-day basis, there are references available on the internet that lead us towards the cause of that issue. Unfortunately, I didn't find Cisco's features in Huawei.

We use the solution to add a node to network devices in the organization.

The solution is quite stable.

I work as a project manager for three companies who implement the solution for customers in Libya. Cisco is very popular because it is a household name that provides reliable switches for network infrastructures. 

More than 3,000 customers utilize the solution. 

Integration is much easier than with competitor products such as Ubiquiti because it allows for segmentation inside the network.  

The solution's life cycle is long at around ten years. 

Most of our solutions rely on a multi-talent approach to address our needs. We implement straightforward switching technology that automates the provision of connectivity, IP configurations, and switching based on customer requests and requirements. In our environment, we typically have a significant number of network stacks in operation, often with ten-gigabit interconnections. 

The smallest environment we manage involves about twenty-five stacks, and the largest one comprises over two thousand nine hundred switches.

Cisco's product is excellent and highly stable with decades of experience in switching and technology. It's a top-notch solution when your entire network operates within the Cisco ecosystem, allowing for a wide range of capabilities. However, the challenge with Cisco lies in its prioritization. When integrating with third-party solutions, like Juniper, it can be somewhat challenging, but it still performs reasonably well. Setting up Cisco switches is not a straightforward process; it's complex and requires more than simply powering them on and figuring things out as you go. You need a solid understanding of switch and stack configuration because Cisco has its unique software features. Cisco excels in vendor lock-in, meaning that if you want to combine Cisco switches with non-Cisco functionality, it can be both time-consuming and costly. While Cisco offers the most extensive capabilities, it can also be less flexible and more challenging when you want to deviate from the Cisco ecosystem.                 

In my company, we use all the products from Cisco's umbrella, and we also use the routers, switches, and Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS).

The tool lacks automation features. If the tool automation features are added to the switch, it will be good for some of the enterprises considering using the automation switch.

I use the solution in my company for our normal work. We have the tool as a wireless connection. The tool is used for normal purposes, and there are no special use cases attached to the tool.

In our business environment, the tool is utilized not in all the sites but only in a few buildings where we have it.

There is nothing I find to be specifically valuable in the solution since we are a company with engineers who are experts in Cisco. The tool has normal features, so there isn't any area the tool has improved in our company.