You've got two or three switches cobbled together and the stacking cables are a nightmare of patch-panel spaghetti. The DGS-1520-52MP is a Lite Layer 3 smart managed switch built for stacking — up to eight units with 80 Gigabit total stacking bandwidth through the four 10G SFP+ ports. One management interface, one VLAN table, one place to look when something drops. If you're running a school network, a multi-floor office, or a warehouse with distributed access points, this is the clean way to scale without hiring a full-time network admin
| brand | D-Link |
| model | DGS-1520-52MP |
| sfp_plus_10g_ports | 4 |
| stacking_units_max | 8 |
| stacking_bandwidth_gigabit | 80 |
| switch_type | Lite Layer 3 Stackable Smart Managed |
| speed | Gigabit / 10G uplink |
| category | Networking |