Zyxel GS1100-16

The Taiwanese brand ZyXel has eaten, as they say, more than one dog in the industry of developing and manufacturing network equipment. One of the brand's popular product categories is unmanaged switches. The hard worker of the office front GS1100-16 is included in the category of those.

16 port configuration

As you might guess from the full naming of the device, the “switch” is equipped with 16 ports for connecting LAN clients. All of them were “brought up” with the functions of automatic speed detection (up to 1 Gbps) and duplex mode. The sockets on the interface panel of the switch are numbered vertically from bottom to top, which theoretically simplifies grouping wires into bundles when organizing cable management.

energy efficiency

The model supports the IEEE 802.3az standard, which is designed to reduce power consumption while maintaining consistently high throughput. The button for enabling this mode is placed on the patch cord panel. Also ZyXel GS1100-16 adjusts the power consumption level depending on the length of the cable system. The switch power supply is located inside the chassis.

Installation variability

Silent operation and variability of mounting methods should be recorded as separate advantages of the model. The switch will fit equally well into a 19-inch server rack, stand on a table or “hang” on a wall. Looking for cons in the ZyXel GS1100-16 is a thankless task. Moreover, with an eye to the democratic price tag of the device, all minor shortcomings of the switch can be completely neglected.