Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches Room for Improvement

Hakan Pehlivan

General Manager at Bilgipark Görüntü ve İletişim San. Tic. A.S.

There should be an improvement in Cisco's response time and overall competence. They should be more easily reachable in Turkey for technical support.

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Timothy Dunlap

Systems Engineer at Casa Loma College

It's hard for me to say if there's any room for improvement with them.

With Cisco, having tools that allow for easier management and configuration would benefit the Cisco switches because the Linksys switches are easier to manage, set up, configure, and get up and running than doing configs on Cisco switches.

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Raheel Khursheed

Senior Network Engineer at Bank Al Habib Limited

Cisco can do better as it can modify the OS to be able to handle the Python script from CLI. As I was reading about the features of Huawei, I saw that Huawei has a feature with which we can write a Python script into Huawei's switches and set the trigger condition in Python script to perform the action according to the log generated by the event, but such a feature is not available in Cisco. With Cisco, you can use Cisco IOS Embedded Event Manager (EEM), which is an old technique that most people don't know how to handle. Python or some automation tools should be incorporated into the CLI shell of devices.

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reviewer2541372

Deputy General Manager at a media company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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.

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Ashok Braganza

IT Consultant at moj

In our company, we haven't explored the tool much. We are using the tool as a normal product.

I didn't experiment to see what are the features that are required in the product. As long as the tool works, everything will be fine with our company.

The tool is only 75 percent efficient and not 100 percent as expected, making it an area where the tool can be improved.

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Rohit Ghorpade

Cloud network engineer at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Co. Ltd.

Pricing is an area with a shortcoming since the solution is expensive. Pricing needs to be improved.

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Brook Debebe Hailu

Chief Technology Officer at Mehbub General Trading PLC

I would like Cisco to improve their technical support, and I have encountered challenges with Cisco Linksys switches. Additionally, I would like to see improvements in overall solution features in the future.

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Marc Gaethofs

ICT manager at Thys Bouwprojecten

Cisco offers a wide range of features, and in the enterprise and mid-segment market in Europe, we make use of most of them. Some features are essential for our operations, while others may go unused. The feature set provided by Cisco is comprehensive, and there's little more we could ask for. It would be a nice addition if, in the future, Cisco switches could incorporate artificial intelligence to provide proactive feedback and guidance instead of having to search for solutions ourselves. This development is likely to come with time, and we'll patiently await such enhanced functionality.

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MohammedSaleh

Director Of Operations at Advanced Data Systems

The solution's price could be better. It is a significant concern for most of the end users.

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Sylvan

Works at renesas

Integration is not easy since the device component is separate.

Integration with other solutions should be made easier.

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Muftah Elamsllati

Commercial Manager at Identiteq

It is very difficult to obtain certified switches with licenses in Libya because there is a four-month wait list for shipping from Dubai.

The solution used to be available within two weeks by contacting one partner in Libya.

In 2014, Cisco left Libya so it is hard to get the solution because it requires contacting a middleman and a shipping company.

Green market options are available instantly but most top companies require the solution be licensed to them.

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ABDUR_RAHIM

Deputy Manager - Radio Frequency Planning at RF-SMART

Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches are expensive.

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Mark Moloney

IT Network Manager at a non-profit with 51-200 employees

I would like to see more manageability. That's primarily the reason why Linksys switches don't work in the enterprise space. They don't have the management and capabilities of other switches.

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Ashok Braganza

IT Consultant at moj

We aren't lacking any features.

The pricing can be a bit unstable. It's dependent on the account manager. They should offer reasonable standard pricing. We need to go through local vendors and everything varies far too much.

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Hattab Mahdi

Assistant Director at unpa

This product does not scale to environments where there is a lot of network traffic.

The security features for the web services can be improved.

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Mohammad Yasin

IT and Procurement Executive at iris communications

Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches’s stability and pricing needs improvement.

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Ayaz Ahmed

Cyber Security Specialist at lums

Some experts say that the price may be lower or that the ethernet switches are complex to set up and manage, maybe because of limited port density, supports, and quality of service, like capabilities. So that could be improved.

In the next release, Cisco switches can have built-in two or four fiber ports available for fiber connectivity.

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AbdullahAlhadhrami

Sr Network Administrator at a government with 10,001+ employees

We've had some issues as we've increased usage. It might be the logic or maybe we just need more hardware. We're working on a fix to the problem.

The pricing is a bit high.

They need to develop better UI. Other products have a nice GUI.

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reviewer1247325

Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Right now, there aren't any improvements needed in the solution.

Feature-wise, there are no features that I would like to see included in the tool.

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Elmer Hernandez

Senior service engineer at Panduit

The solution's support can use improvement because they are not very good at following up. A reduction in cost can improve the solution.

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Muhammad Salahuddin

Unit Head - Network and Security Solutions at FPM Solutions

Their price is quite high compared to their competitors. This should be less.

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Tarek Ashur

Lead, Consumer Retention at North Africa Bank

Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches could improve their price, it is high.

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Mary Kambo

Penetration tester at KNBS (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics)

The costs are a little bit high.

They could work on the pricing and make it more affordable for everyone.

If possible, they could have a good customer care system. For example, on a website, I can see issues that have already been raised before. Sometimes I've had an issue, however, it's already been solved, yet I can't find the solution to my problem easily. It should be published and readily available to users.

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Jerry Oniye

Group General Manager at Mandilas Toyota

We haven't had any issues with the solution.

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NadirShahzad

System Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The additional features which I would like to suggest is to implement the user friendly GUI for easier network management. It should also have the functions of automating the firmware upgrade process, thus eliminating the need for technical expertise. Apart from this, I cannot pinpoint any other features that I am missing in the current model.

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IsmedZulkarnayn

Network Engineer at Huber+Suhner, Inc.

We encounter a challenge in automating the product to reduce manual work.

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reviewer1954986

Technical Supervisor at a non-profit with 1-10 employees

The solution is costly.

The interface is a bit difficult, and you need to have someone that is trained in Cisco on your team in order to take advantage of it properly.

The solution requires a lot of knowledge and training.

It's hard to configure. You need to understand Command-Line.

The solution is stable.

It scales well.

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Venantio Mzenda

R&D Outcomes Manager at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Scalability is an area that can be improved.

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Moses NYOTA

Senior Software and Cloud Engineer at Velocis Technologies LLC

They just need to simplify the learning curve.

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Curtis Anderson

Ceo & President at TNL

The documentation should be improved from Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches. Although it hints or refers to being able to do certain operations, they try to get you to load the software instead. They need to be more open with their documentation on using the web interface and give the client the option to use the software or not. This improvement is not on the switch itself, it is in the packaging.

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reviewer1635153

VP Global Information Technology at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

The price of the solution should be lower and it should have better security and scalability.

An alternate solution boasting the same scalability and security as Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, but carrying a lower price tag, would be more attractive.

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Akram Khan

Director of Information Technology at UniTeller Financial Services

I think that Cisco UI interfaces need to be a little better. They use Java for parts of the graphical user interfaces and that messes up things from time-to-time. It is very hard to maintain that graphical user interface. If it would be anything but Java it would be better. Like if you could just access the GUI from a browser, that would be wonderful. But every time Cisco has their own product — like CCP (Cisco Configuration Professional) which is a nightmare to use.

What I believe they could do more with is enhancement of the security features. The security controls that are given to users with Cisco 4600 now can be integrated with the Cisco firewalls. I think something similar needs to be done on those Lynksys models as well.

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Charbel Hajj

Senior Supervisor at MEPEQ

When we first installed it, it was very stable, and everything worked fine. After a few years, it begins to become unstable.

We started having problems with the access points after about five or six years.

Users are unable to connect to Wi-Fi and it must be restarted on a regular basis. Because the Wi-Fi occasionally goes out and then comes back on. There are several issues like this. It's no longer stable, the Wi-Fi on this device is no longer stable.

The technical support could be improved. They are not very responsive.

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reviewer1500141

Senior Specialist ICT/ISP Services at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

It would be ideal if, for private users that are not companies, the solution could be made even cheaper.

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Jorge Costa Neves

IT Advisor at Silopor SA

We would like Cisco to make it easier to work with them. We'd prefer if the product, in general, was easier to use. It can be a bit difficult.

Although I didn't directly handle the implementation, the process does not look easy.

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reviewer1430862

Access Network Operations Unit Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

There is a lot of competition between Cisco, Juniper, and other switches such as Extreme. Our IT team is comfortable with Cisco switches, but the only problem is that there are many different versions of software that can be used across different platforms of Cisco, and normally with other vendors, we have a unified software that is running across different platforms, but Cisco does not.

We are expecting one software that can run across all of Cisco hardware, software, and Cisco Switch router, similar to what Juniper has.

They are stable, but not as good as Juniper, they could be improved.

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it_user1414992

DGM Programming at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

In particular, the simplicity of management could be improved. At present, all these switches require a software layer. For example, I am asking for the SDN (Software Defined Networking) for managing a network-based project. Similarly, I would like to get the SDS (Smart Distributed System) for storage projects. Managing things is a little bit difficult, definitely. So, manageability can be improved. At the individual product level, an improvement to the difficulty of management will be very helpful for admin users.

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reviewer1411104

Manager, Datacenter Facilities at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

The installation should be simplified.

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Indrasen Guduru

Network Security Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The user interface needs a lot of improvement.

The enterprise-level and data center products need to be improved.

The command-line interface could be more user-friendly.

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AmirBoroufar

Senior Data Center Engineer at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees

In the future, I would like to see more focus on software-defined networking solutions.

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MohamedSultan

Consultant at Ilm Ux Pvt Ltd

The product’s price is a bit high.

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Elvis Osagiede

Information Technology Manager at Itechsolutions

Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches should improve its pricing.

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Piyatad Chotiwattanapol

0 at 0

It should be cheaper. It is expensive. Another area of improvement is scalability.

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ARNOLD RAMONDET

IT network engineer at CONCEPSYS

I'd like to see improvement in endpoints and to have the ability to change the technology for the new video manager so we can continue to deliver better services to all our clients.

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reviewer1646865

ICT Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Cisco Linksys could be more secure. It could also add a controller to control all the devices, like the access points and so on.

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Ermal Galo

Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

Their performance should be improved.

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Manish Nalawade

Owner at It logic

It should be cheaper. We need a better price from Cisco.

Its initial setup and support should also be improved.

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reviewer1457442

Managing Director at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

The interface is pretty outdated. I'm sure that there are newer technologies and newer interfaces available now.

This product does not generate reports, so I would like to see something with better reporting.

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Miguel Angel Alvarez

CEO at Data Keeper

We've realized that the solution is a very different product from other larger Cisco offerings, even though it's sort-of marketed as a cost-effective alternative for those that need something smaller.

It would be ideal if they could do more configurations and offer more flexibility. Right now, it's not flexible at all.

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it_user1392774

Chief Technology Officer at Sharva Group

The Cisco deployment instructions are not very easily available outside of the certification courses. It would be a very good thing if somebody without Cisco certification could learn the system. If Cisco adopted a more open-source mindset, I would personally prefer that.

Technical documents and other configuration-related information should be more freely available online.

The user interface can be improved, although I cannot specifically suggest in which ways. Simply put, anything can be made more intuitive. Even the Apple iPhone can be made better.

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reviewer1417941

Executive Director at a pharma/biotech company with 1-10 employees

The pricing could be improved or reduced.

It's an old tool that needs to be more competitive with other solutions that are available on the market such as HP, or Dell.

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reviewer1042635

Science Technician at a government with 201-500 employees

Integration with other networks is possible, but you have to configure it.

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Muhammed Eslami

Solution Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

It would be nice if they can provide support for local authentication protocol, which is a security feature. It is not supported for 802.1X feature. They already support security features, so adding some local authentication features would be very nice.

Actually this should be done by Belkin, as you know Belkin acquired Linksys from Cisco Systems on 2013, so it would be nice if Linksys or Belkin could do these enhancements.

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reviewer1243605

Senior Information Technology Manager at a construction company with 201-500 employees

The stability of the solution needs improvement. There's a problem with disconnecting the network. I have to restart it and set it correctly again. After a while, it disconnects again and I have to report it once more.

The solution's framework and some of the techniques need improvement. I've been watching Aruba, and they have a lot of technologies within the access points. For example, it has a virtual controller to connect all Aruba switches.

Sharing access, sharing Wi-Fi or access IDs would be great.

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reviewer1247325

Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The manageability could be improved.

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reviewer1134087

IT Security Manager at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees

The installation could be simplified.

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MohammadJamzivar

Network Consultant at Tetisnet

There isn't anything negative to point out about the solution. Like all Cisco products, it's very good.

If possible, we'd like to see support in our country, but it will be difficult as we are located in Iran.

The solution doesn't have rich features and only offers a small support for expander products and protocols.

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reviewer1249998

Technical Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Having the option for a web-based interface would be an improvement over being forced to use the CLI. This is especially true for the high-end switches.

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reviewer783093

Head of IT Operations at a recreational facilities/services company with 201-500 employees

The pricing for this solution needs to be improved.

I would like to see built-in registration features for the users to help with accessing Google and other platforms.

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reviewer1233816

Security Consultant with 51-200 employees

I think that most everyone prefers a GUI rather than working through the command line. They have a GUI but it's not that interesting when you compare it to other vendors such as Check Point.

They should reduce the price to stay competitive. While the Cisco product is good, the pricing is not competitive. People will end up going with other cheaper solutions such as Arista.

The drawbacks come from support. The tools are rare, but to find someone knowledgeable with Cisco, is a problem.

There are issues with the C-Level required to maintain them and then to configure them.

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reviewer1112427

Enterprise Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The only thing that needs to improve, the only stumbling block, especially in our region, is the cost of the solution. But from a hardware and software perspective, the feedback we get is essentially positive. Our users are very impressed with the product.

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it_user1205820

Managing Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Some of these switches are still using a GUI interface, but I would prefer using the command line interface like the original system.

Lynksys are only switches using the GUI interface.

Scalability-wise, this solution is not designed for small businesses.

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Jay Stoeber

Techvangelist & CEO at IT Guru Solutions, Inc.

Make them tougher and more ruggedized for warmer and Industrial types of environments, and HumiSeal the main boards and internal components.

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it_user1020

Head of Data Center at a tech company with 51-200 employees

It's hard to write something negative about a product that just works at a low price point. However, the only thing that probably set us aback with the Linksys switches is that there were some in the same purchase batch that did not last long. Sad to say, the shops that we purchased it from only gave us one year warranty and we had to replace it by buying a new one. If there one thing I find negative about this product, it's got to be the warranty. I say this as we also have HP ProCurve switches and it has lifetime warranty albeit at double the price of Linksys switches. View full review »

reviewer938022

Lead Presales at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The only thing is that the sizing is important in Linksys. If the sizing is wrong, you can run into issues.

The licensing could be simplified.

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reviewer1461459

Team Lead Network Infrastructure at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Its scalability can be better. It is not suitable for enterprises. It is for small and medium businesses.

It also needs system improvements. It needs new technology to improve the system.

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Issac N

System Administrator at Tekclan

Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches is an expensive solution, and its pricing could be improved.

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Thuy Truong

Administrator at SOURTHERN WAVES Solution

The product must be made cloud-based.

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