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Your cart is empty.4.6 out of 5 stars
- #980 in Computer Networking Switches
Product Description
Support Rack Mounting
4KV Lightning Protection
Fanless & Quiet Design
For Various Environments
Some Guy
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2022
I can't believe this thing is under a hundred bucks (at the time of this writing). It's amazing, even on a home network, how useful a switch like this is. It's unmanaged but there are certain hard wired features that make it important to determine which port you use for which devices.I have hard wired IP cameras (wifi cameras are horrifically insecure). With 11 total, that fills up a large portion of this switch. In a situation like this, it's optimal to have them connected to the same device as the recording device (in my case, an NAS). The cameras can connect to the 10/100 ports as there really aren't very many cameras that would need a faster speed. This unit has been able to power all of them and I haven't experienced any interruptions like I did with my previous switch. The last two ports are both gigabit. This is for the uplink (connection to the router) and for the recording device (again, my NAS). This way, all of the video feeds can be pushed through a single port without an issue. The gigabit ports are not PoE.The first two PoE ports are also priority. It's somewhat of a hard wired QoS (quality of service). You could connect cameras to it, especially if they were of increased importance. It's probably not necessary. You can connect non PoE devices to a PoE port without an issue. Since 10/100 is typically more than enough for almost any end user device, I saved these for my wife's computer and if we have to connect something like an IP phone to it. That way, with remote work, the devices needed for work will be given priority on the switch.This device allowed me to optimize my hodge podge home network and the feeds from my cameras are so much better now that there isn't a bunch of packet loss. This device is well worth it.
clintkeep
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2022
Unless you're running a small network 24/7 you won't need this much POE or ports. Because with excessive ports that means more lights and more heat which is why this unit has it's own on board cooling fan. Seems great but this isn't the kind of hardware you want near you. This belongs in a server room. The fan as quiet as it is, runs non stop. That's okay but you will want it out of sight and out of mind. Just close the door and forget about it.There are smaller versions of this for your basic to medium complicated networks. This particular one is pretty much maintenance free. It's all plug and play there's really no reason to worry about configurations. I was running two NVR's and ten POE surveillance cameras without any power fluctuations. I never even noticed the switch other than the small fan being on which I got used to.I don't really need 16 ports, but I might (never) in the future. For the price it's totally worth it, provided it doesn't burn out in the next 5 minutes due to it's origin of manufacturing. (China) . I felt like the instruction or information page which was just a small piece of paper folded four times, had left out other interesting facts and functions about this switch. This was the same piece of informative paper for the other 3 versions of switches so there was really only one page dedicated to this switch. Not so much a page but a leaflet. But I haven't found anything more exciting about this. It's pretty much W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G.**With the exception of the 19 inch Rackmount it appears they include but instead include the Rackmount "KIT" which entails two metal braces for you incase you want to mount it to something.
Shawn
Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2022
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Fbx_Steve
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2022
I got this switch for my house (where it is definitely overkill) to replace an 8-port switch that started dying. There is a lot to like about this switch. It brings PoE to 18 ports at a price that's hard to beat. It provides TWO Gigabit uplink ports. Unlike some lower-end switches, it has a fan. I have this switch in a closet, so the noise is not an issue. However, a fan keeps the internal components running cooler, which prolongs the life of the switch. The switch it is replacing had only "passive" cooling (i.e., no fan). I personally thing that contributed to its early demise. It also has a built-in power adapter, so you only need a cord to plug it in, no power "brick."Ports 1 and 2 are called "priority" data transmission ports. The instructions do not further elaborate on this, but I assume it means that data to and from these ports gets sent to the front of the line. This is a great feature, but unfortunately I don't really have a way to test it out to verify whether the claim is true.The PoE per port is 30 watts, with 250 watts overall. By doing a little math, you see that the switch's overall electrical capacity won't support 30 watts per port on every port. If you divide 250 watts by 16 ports (not counting the two uplink ports, which are unlikely to be connected to anything requiring PoE), you find that, if you are utilizing PoE on all 16 ports, the max. wattage is approx. 15 1/2 watts per port. This switch also comes with optional rack-mount brackets, which is nice if you are planning on using it in an office environment, you can attach the brackets and mount the switch in your server rack.
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