Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches Room for Improvement
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.
View full review »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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Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches
July 2025

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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.
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.
Pricing is an area with a shortcoming since the solution is expensive. Pricing needs to be improved.
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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches’s stability and pricing needs improvement.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »Their price is quite high compared to their competitors. This should be less.
View full review »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.
View full review »We haven't had any issues with the solution.
View full review »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.
View full review »We encounter a challenge in automating the product to reduce manual work.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »It would be ideal if, for private users that are not companies, the solution could be made even cheaper.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »The manageability could be improved.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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.
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.
View full review »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'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.
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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.
View full review »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.
View full review »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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Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches
July 2025

Learn what your peers think about Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2025.
860,825 professionals have used our research since 2012.