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"Remote access to the router is a huge time saver."
"The ePoE+ is great."
"The solution is less expensive than other options."
"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."
"This is a cost-effective solution."
"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."
"Their online portal is one of the most useful features. The portal is very user-friendly, so even someone with not a lot of tech experience can go in and see what's going on with the switch."
"The solution is very powerful and versatile."
"The solution is stable."
"Netgear switches are highly reliable. We haven't done anything particularly sophisticated with them."
"The cloud management has just been huge for us. We have 80 clients and they all have switches... With the cloud-managed Insight ones... we know more information without having to do complicated SNMP traps. We get nice emails, we get a web interface, and we're not having to wait for our RMM tools to get SNMP traffic to notify us. We don't have to do complicated configurations."
"Documentation and access to it could be greatly improved."
"You do need to be an IT person in order to handle the initial setup. An AV person would struggle a bit."
"The documentation could be improved; it's quite basic."
"NETGEAR Switches could be more secure. Scalability could also be better. This infrastructure is a bit old, and we need something that will be more secure. Something that will introduce WLAN, and we will need the knowledge to go with that. Some of the switches were used for more than seven years. I think it was just their lifespan that was exhausted. But other than that, there haven't been any issues that required us to complain or get concerned."
"There are some design issues on which they really missed the boat. The problem has to do with rack mounting them because the lights and jacks should all be on the front, and the power on the back. The way they did it makes it really difficult to use them in a rack environment, because when the lights are on the opposite side of the jacks... you usually can't see the back side of a rack. You can't get back there to see, so it's just crazy."
"The technical support could be more helpful."
"There is a technical problem they can't seem to solve. It doesn't support multicast packets. In layman's terms, Mac computers can't print over the network."
"The M4250 switches needs more SFP models."
"The web interface has been a little sketchy on occasion. Sometimes I have to reload the page to get things to show up properly, but the switch itself seems fine. The web user interface is a little wonky at times."
"My one issue with it is that not all the features of the switch can currently be managed via the portal. For some of the more advanced features, you still have to configure the switch."
"Support needs to be improved."
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Luxul Switches is ranked 24th in Ethernet Switches while NETGEAR Switches is ranked 4th in Ethernet Switches with 50 reviews. Luxul Switches is rated 6.0, while NETGEAR Switches is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Luxul Switches writes "Greatly simplifies troubleshooting; remote access to the router is a huge time saver". On the other hand, the top reviewer of NETGEAR Switches writes "You can stack different models of switches which makes the scalability great". Luxul Switches is most compared with Ubiquiti UniFi Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, QSC Q-SYS NS Series, D-Link Ethernet Switches and Meraki MS Switches, whereas NETGEAR Switches is most compared with D-Link Ethernet Switches, Cisco Linksys Ethernet Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access.
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Why those brands? Can you take an other brands as opinions? You should try Unifi, Qnap, or even Cisco 1000 series. All of those are pretty similar on quality, functions and bargains for what you are paying.
So far I know Netgear but not Luxul. So as always, I say check the cost. Similar brands should be a similar cost - if not, I probably make a bet for Netgear!!
If your concerns is only the "switching" (L2) almost any brand will work, at least the brands I've mentioned.
I did not use Luxul. I don't know anything about those switches. So, any comparison coming from me would be biased. Netgear products are very professionally designed and carry lifetime warranty. Most of the managed switches also have console port, allowing Command Line Interface (CLI). Datasheets are detailed to make comparisons possible. There are many many many models to choose from.
However, checking the Internet, I didn't come across any Luxul documentation with satisfactory details to make any comparisons possible. Also, I see that there are not as many models as there are at Netgear. I see that PoE budgets are not as good as what Netgear offers with various models.
If you are on the market for unmanaged and managed switches (you did not mention what your needs are, you did not mention anything about Layer-3, you did not mention anything about redundant power supplies, you did not mention anything about CLI, etc.), I assume that your primary concern is price. For me, I would go after the cheapest price. Because, at that level, switch is a switch and it will meet the basic expectations no matter which brand you choose.