Is Unifi worth the upgrade?

[New2This]

Just wondering if a TP-link switch would work with Unifi or would it hurt with performance ? I have set it up to see but 4 pc's cannot reach there 1G speeds, most I get get is 200-300mbs. With no VPN running

 

[tgl]

Yeah, you can use a non-UniFi switch if you wish. The only expected consequences of that are that you can't use the UniFi controller to manage the switch (e.g. to set up VLANs on it) and the controller will probably not have a good idea of the network topology.

I really doubt that your performance problems are the fault of the switch. But there's not enough info here to say what the cause is. To start with, exactly how are you measuring "200-300Mbps" --- what's the test method, where are the endpoints? Have you made any attempts to narrow down the source of the problem?

 

[Tech9]

Just wondering if a TP-link switch would work with Unifi

Non-UniFi switch will work. If managed - own settings have to be used for VLAN. If non-managed - devices will be on whatever VLAN the switch is connected to. The Network Application will show wired devices connected with no link information.

I have set it up to see but 4 pc's cannot reach there 1G speeds, most I get get is 200-300mbs

Simultaneous throughput to Gigabit ports switch? Four PCs 200-300Mbps each -> Gigabit uplink to your Gateway.