most reliable managed vlan capable 16-port home network switch

[ggnfs000]

I have bought 8 ports NETGEAR and it was functioning seamlessly until last night during the most important moment it failed miserable after setting couple of vlan settings and it has failed miserably and locked up my network and all connected devices for several hours. It was just biggest piece of crap and obviously I can not depend on that kind of quality. Had some weird java browser type of management interface and it was quite confusing but eventually i sort of figured out.

I am looking for proven brand in home networking switch. For years I thought netgear was great.
May be around 16-8 ports. vlan will be nice. managed and even cli wiill be nice.
Obviously cisco ios is proven choice with another adv. being familiarity with its command sets, but for home i think it is too bit expensive, large and noisy. I have old 3550 for practicing ccna and measured it is voltage and consumed about ~100W from the socket which is understandable as it is another full computer complete with CPU, RAM and flash.

[deanwebb]

Cisco 3750.

[ggnfs000]

god that looks even bigger

[Otanx]

Do you need gig? 3560-8PC or 3560-12PC. Should not be too expensive, but they are 10/100 with only one 1G uplink.

-Otanx

[deanwebb]

There's also Cisco small business switches, quite affordable, even if new. They're good for small businesses, so they should be good for homes, too.

[ggnfs000]

There's also Cisco small business switches, quite affordable, even if new. They're good for small businesses, so they should be good for homes, too.

probably look into that too. bought a d-link and sectioned into a just two vlan and all sorts of problem. vlan being set on the port that is not even intended. Wow just beats me how they behave like it.