On the night of the PC Show 2011, my brother called me and said the D-Link DGS-1008D (which I got back in IT Show 2009) switch in my room is spoilt and there is no power being supplied to it. Went back home, tested and verified that it is the case.
Went down the next day to PC Show 2011 again and got back the same switch, D-Link DGS-1008D switch, for S$85. I was expecting them to change the model number since it is totally a new design, but unfortunately it remains the same. This time I got 2 pieces instead of just 1 as I will be placing the additional switch in the living room to facilitate the switch to Fibre Internet.
Question. The original switch died after 2 years, which is pretty short lifespan for a switch. Why did you decided to buy another 2 of them?
I like D-Link though, they have great support. But if these 2 switches died, I will go for CISCO.
I did some debugging and it seems that the power adapter for the switched instead. I plugged the new switch power adapter to the old switch and it works!