Cqenpr 19 Port PoE Switch, 16X10/100M Port PoE, 2 Gigabit Uplink, 1 SFP Slot, Unmanaged, Desktop/Rack-Mount, Plug&Play, 300W, 802.3af/at/bt, Metal case, PoE++60W High Power Output.

I have been on a tear setting up security cameras at my home. Not that I live in a bad neighborhood or anything, I just want to have complete surveillance. So, the challenge was setting them up at the gutter line so to speak. Some cameras dont require any hookup at all, but only a sunny location so the solar panels keep the batteries charged. They work off of Wi-Fi and although I am impressed with their connectivity, I still am a dedicated hard wire fan. So, the thing is if you have a Wi-Fi camera that requires a power hookup, like a 110 A/C line feeding an adapter you will need to run that through the attic. If it is designed for a hard wire ethernet, plus an A/C adapter, you will need both. So now you are running A/C wiring connections in addition to Ethernet. The real conundrum is drilling holes in your home, and securing them from moisture and bug invasion makes it all the more challenging. So, next to a solar unit with possibly spotty Wi-Fi this is the best setup because you only run one ethernet cable, and nothing else. So, I put this POE switch to the test and ran it to my HView cameras and bingo it worked, no problems. Just make sure that if you run POE from every port on the switch you dont exceed the maximum output. So as a switch it works great, as a POE (Power Over Ethernet) it works great. What else is there. Highly recommended.

This is my second switch from this company. These are rock solid reliable and built like a tank. At this price, they are dang near disposable. You will have a hard time finding another high quality switch for this price.

When I saw 2 up-links I thought Perfect, LACP. Nope. Not gonna happen. Somehow glossed over unmanaged in the description. How? Because it said 2 up-links. Doesnt work like that. Its a misleading description error. This is a simple POE dumb switch that has 8x 10/100 POE ports and 2x 10/100/1000 non POE ports. Not 2 up-links,only one can be used that way.. So if you wanted to LAGG it like I did you need a different device. This can up-link to your main switch or router with only one port. You could daisy chain another switch off of the other gigabit port, or an AP,or whatever, but you are NOT going to be using both ports as up-links. One feature I found missing that I prefer to have on POE switches is a POE indicator LED per port. Its a great way to easily see that the device you have attached is powered. Also a great way to know if you have a run configured off the switch for non POE use. Dont spend the extra $$ on this unless you need the 2 non POE gigabit ports for some reason - one is all thats needed.

Its a nice feeling when a piece of electronic equipment doesnt need any complicated setup or configuration. Due to the current state of the world, I have a variety of devices in my office that I wanted to hard-wire to the internet to ease the strain on the WiFi in the rest of the house. So all I had to do was plug this into the wall, and run ethernet to my router and each device. Simple, no maintenance setup. Throughput seems good to each device and the box makes no noise and stays cool. Im not currently using any PoE devices on it but it is nice to have that option for the future.

I am upgrading some of my security cameras and needed a satellite Power-over-Ethernet switch in my attic. This is an affordable PoE switch that supports 10/100/1000 Mbps connections as well as PoE on all eight ports. The maximum power on any given port is 30 watts (which is far more than any of my devices draw.) The switch fully supports the lEEE802.3af/at standard for Ethernet auto-speed detection and support of PoE. The switch has eight ports total, it does not have a dedicated uplink port. So if you are planning on connecting this switch to a main switch somewhere remember that you will need one of those ports to use for linking to that other switch. One neat thing you can do with PoE switches is to split the power using a PoE splitter on the remote end so you have a regular RJ-45 connector *and* a power connector. This is sort of the opposite of using a PoE injector if you dont have PoE switches. Keep in mind that all eight wires in a CAT 5e / CAT 6 cable need to be connected properly. Some cablers will only connect the wires necessary for Ethernet if they dont realize you are planning to use PoE. This is a good switch, follows industry standards, very easy to use, and affordably priced.

This is a good price for a small Cisco device with true routing capabilities. However not all the ports are Gig capable. The uplink is Gig, but make sure you look at the LAN port speed. The device I selected was only 10/100. If you aren’t doing a lot of internal networking, it’s fine. But it wasn’t what I was looking for. If it 10/100/100 on all ports, it would have been a GREAT price.

So far it’s working fine connected to my T-Mobile home internet Ethernet port to have some extra Ethernet port. Acceptably working. Not stunished with it. May be something better should be available in the market. I did not do much research.

This is an excellent POE switch with built-in power supply so there is no external power brick to mess with. Although size wise, it is a little larger than switch with external power block, it is better for installation. It is also only slightly larger than my 6 port POE switch. When buying POE switch, one has to be aware if the switch can auto sense none POE devices on POE port. I have seen some cheaper switch doesnt have this safety feature, they require splitter to connect to none POE devices and that not only increase the actual cost, but possibly will damage your devices if you plugin to the wrong port. This one has the auto sensing as it should be. I use this switch for security cameras and It is very solid so far. The unit is fanless and the metal case remains cool. The only thing I wish they done differently is they combined the VLAN and extend POE length to one selection, while they should be independently selectable. My other two POE switches can do so. By saving the cost of a select switch, the manufactur made it less flexible than it could.

This Cqenpr 8-Port Full Gigabit Poe Switch measures 7.9 x 4.7 x 1.9 and weighs a shade over 2 pounds. The package contains the switch, a power cord, and mounting hardware. What I liked most about this Cqenpr 8-Port Full Gigabit Poe Switch was: - Lightning protection. I live in an area where electrical storms are a regular occurrence. Having this technology built-in was more a necessity than luxury for me. - Intelligent power management. According to Cqenpr this switch will automatically identify the power supply for PoE devices without damaging non-PoE devices, smart power management when the power demand of the receiving device exceeds the rated output power of the Poe switch, it will automatically disconnect the power supply of the low priority port to avoid overloading the machine. - Auto port flipping. What I liked most about this Cqenpr 8-Port Full Gigabit Poe Switch was: - Its a niche device. This switch was engineered for the home, home office, or small office that needs to power POE equipment like cameras. Its not exactly suitable for use as a traditional networking switch due to the lack of access to granular network administration controls. Overall, if youre specifically seeking an affordable switch for your PoE devices this Cqenpr 8-Port Full Gigabit Poe Switch has lightning protection, intelligent power management, and automatic port flipping. You wont be able to properly configure a network with this switch though which makes it more of a niche item than a viable solution for multiple environments but for the price that isnt a bad compromise to make. 4.0 out of 5.0.

We used these for a temporary setup running voip phones and connected PCs. Worked great. No issues with connectivity. I would not try to run an enterprise network on these but for temporary situation with up to 8 devices they worked good.