D-Link 5-Port Gigabit Unmanaged Desktop Switch

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

For £12.83 ex-VAT, this is the kind of “just works” desktop switch you buy when you need more wired ports and you don’t want to think about it. Unmanaged and gigabit is ideal for basic setups: adding extra connections for office PCs, printers, APs, or a small workgroup network where everything’s already simple and the cabling is decent. There’s usually no benefit to paying more here unless you’re dealing with lots of network complexity or you specifically need features like traffic management, VLANs, or monitoring.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it as a future-proof “core” switch. Unmanaged switches don’t give you any visibility or control, so if you’re troubleshooting performance or planning to segment networks, you’ll hit a wall. Also, at this price point, don’t expect enterprise-level power behaviour or build quality—fine for light day-to-day use, but not something I’d anchor a critical production setup on.

**Who should buy:** small offices, home offices, and simple B2B installations needing a cheap extra 1Gbps drop. **Who shouldn’t:** anyone needing network control/segmentation, or who expects to scale beyond a single simple LAN.