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Cisco - Expensive but great product
October 05, 2021

Cisco - Expensive but great product

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Catalyst Switches

  • Other
I use these [Cisco Catalyst] switches at home and at the office, they are built like tanks and never die, even the old ones still work well and great to use. We are using them with VLANs and POE, most of the switches are using the newer versions of POE as well which can be quite expensive to get in a new switch but very affordable in an old Cisco.
  • PoE.
  • Reliability.
  • Switching/networking.
  • Feature rich.
  • Old switches have unpatched vulnerabilities.
  • New equipment is expensive.
  • GUI would be nice in some cases.
  • They are very reliable, rarely need replaced.
  • They provide PoE power making installation of PoE devices simpler, no injectors required.
I wouldn't say we use any super advanced features on these but we are using VLANs and several of the basic features, we are happy with everything they do for us. Sometimes it would be nice if they had a GUI interface instead of just command line but the command line is good, I just have to look up commands sometimes.
I like Ubiquiti equipment a lot, they are more affordable than new Cisco, however, the old Cisco gear is so available and affordable it's hard to pass up. It has a great reseller market as well.

Do you think Cisco Catalyst Switches delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Catalyst Switches's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Catalyst Switches live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Catalyst Switches go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Catalyst Switches again?

Yes

I use older models at home as you can get them very cheap online and they support the latest POE for wireless access points and cameras, so it's much more affordable than buying a new switch of any brand. We use older ones at work as well, as long as they are still releasing security updates for them we use them as these switches are very very reliable.