This unit will allow me to extend my network by fiber connectivity to an outside building to improve speed and quality over my current Ethernet over electrical wiring configuration. It then can take advantage of PoE security cameras simplifying individual power packs and simplified wiring, and also interface with the router in that location with the added security of the SPF fiber cable connection between points. Although this unit provides 4KV of lightning protection the fiber cable connection alone offers protection in between points that might otherwise be a compromising factor as with electrical wiring configuration that can get a lot of spikes and dips. What I was also impressed with was the manufacturers full line of products and web site with tons of additional product information and Support tab for assistance. Everyone’s personal needs and configurations will be different of course. But this unit does offer a lot of options all in one system over using separate components.

This is a good solution for my network. It provides the POE ports I needed for some security cameras and for a bridge connection. Maybe not for everyone, but it worked well for my needs.

This is my first standalone network switch, my previous experiences have been part of the WiFi router. So whats different from a newbie perspective? First of all the 8 Gb ports easily beat the 4 or fewer ports with the WiFi router. Then theres the PoE support. I have a network camera that has its own PoE adapter, with this setup I no longer need the adapter as Im getting power straight from the switch, nice! In terms of uplink connectivity, there are two Gb RJ45 ports as well as two SFP fiber ports. I dont have fiber in my area so I cant test the latter. I have this switch connected my Nest WiFi router which is itself connected to the cable modem, this way I can reach everything on my network. A couple other things I like about this switch. 1. The power supply is built in to the chassis so theres no wall wart to take up multiple sockets. 2. Its fanless, even though it can support 120W total PoE, thats pretty impressive and quiet at the same time. Ive only hooked this up for a few days so I cant speak to this reliability, but so far no complaints.

Over the last few months I have played with a lot of PoE switches and equipment and, for the money, this switch seems to be one of the better deals I have seen. First off, for 8 PoE ports, gigabit, 4 uplink ports, and a 120W power budget, the price is great. And, at least so far, it seems to actually work pretty well. While I havent loaded it all that heavily, it has worked with every device I have tested it with so far. Having two standard gigabit uplink ports is also nice and makes it very easy to cascade switches if needed. Also, this is the first switch I have seen in this price range and with these specs that included a pair of small form factor pluggable ports. While I dont need them immediately, I am happy to have them as it makes it much easier in case I want to run fiber optic cable outside my house or to my shed at some point. That this switch includes these two ports is essentially just icing on the cake. About the only negative comment I have on this switch is that the activity LED layout isnt the greatest and neither is the amount of information conveyed. It does at least show when something is connected and it blinks for activity, but connection speed and PoE power level would be nice indicators to have. Overall though, this switch seems to be one of the best deals I have found in terms of capability for the price.

I ordered this switch to provide power and data connectivity for my home security cameras. Powering all of them cameras from one switch means I only have one device to plug into an Uninterruptible Power Supply to protect against power outage. That it offers additional gigabit Ethernet ports to use as uplink, and the option to use fiber if desired, is an added bonus. I’ve been using this switch to power 8 PoE cameras for a little over a month, now, with a total power draw of around 60 watts. That doesn’t come close to the devices maximum but none the less, I haven’t noticed any issues with its power quality or consistency. The switch is rated for line rate and, so far as I can tell, it should live up to that. It hasn’t had any issues passing a UHD primary stream, an HD sub-steam and a 640x480 sub-stream from each camera, concurrently at varying bandwidth, to the uplink port. One omission that I feel would have made this more useful is support for link aggregation on the upload ports. I get that omitting this feature likely kept the cost down but as is, I had to setup one uplink connection as a failover for the other, upstream at a managed switch, to prevent conflicts while still ensuring redundancy. Overall, I think this is a solid option for adding PoE support for several devices at a great per-port price. I have no problem with recommending this switch. In the time that I’ve been using it, thus far, it has performed just as well as the unmanaged switch standard set by Netgear Pro-Safe.

A very impressive switch that rivals the big names in the market. The 8 Gigabit ports with POE is what I will use the most. I am trying to figure out if both uplink ports can be used at the same time and act like a router and the same question about the SFP ports. It will offer me more options to solve different LAN needs on my projects.

A Great price and nice quality for this small PoE Switch. I tested this with my Yealink phone and a PoE camera and it functioned exactly as expected. The switch is unmanaged so there is no interface to report. I found it was also great that they included 2 SFP cages for those who need a fiber uplink for distance.

If you are looking for a basic true plug-and-play switch with POE ports for cameras or access points then this is what you need. There is no web interface or any type of configuration that you can configure on the switch so everything is automatic. The PoE function of this makes it ideal for cameras as you can increase the power on two of the ports for far reaching cameras that use a bit more power than standard for LED lights a night or motorized panning and zooming. The SPFs are a great option for connecting this switch via a fiber connection for really long runs from the main network like a barn or shed that is away from the main building. The LED indicator lights are very small and produce very little light, but you can clearly seen the ports activity. A simple no nonsense PoE switch that just works.

There is a lot of functionality in this switch. This allowed me to clean up my communications closet of 2 separate POE devices and plugins and a 2 switches down to just this switch and one other switch. Allowed me to consolidate and simplify my home network gear. Documentation was pretty well defined as well.

This switch is really good. I was able to replace all the messy PoE injectors I had for my wireless access points and have the power come directly from this switch. So far, the switch has been really stable and fast, and the fact that the power supply is built into the switch is GAME CHANGING. Im on a mission to replace all those DC converter boxes that take up more than one plug space. This one uses a standard PC power cable, and I love that. The instruction manual is generic for many products, and this is where the product falls short. Not having a specific manual for the particular switch meant I had to go hunting on the Internet to figure out what the Extend 7-8 toggle did (It lets you violate the ethernet 100M range by sacrificing speed... Which I imagine is useful in EXTREMELY niche cases). The instruction manual also implied there was some configuration possible on uplink port speed, but this is an unmanaged switch, and theres only one toggle switch on the device. Everything is auto-negotiated, and I wasted some time trying to figure out how to configure it because the instructions were unclear.