Unifi 8 Port Poe Switch Review

They are simple to configure and robust in their capabilities.

Unifi 8 port poe switch review. Yes you read the first paragraph correctly i m replacing wireless routers with the unifi us 8 port switch. Now on to the written review the back story. With a little more circuitry the switch could have been made to output 802 3ac in the dc fed case instead of outputting a non 802 3ax compliant. Ubiquiti s 8 port poe switch is a solid complement for a home unifi setup fanless 199 managed device drives unifi wi fi gear if you can find it in stock.

The same switch is also available in 16 24 and 48 port versions. Ubiquiti is unique in that they created their own power over ethernet standard which operates at 24v instead of the 802 3 af at standard of 48v. The switch can output 802 3ac poe on port 8 provided the switch is fed with 802 3at poe. But if you feed the switch with the dc adapter port 8 will output a non 802 3x compliant 48v poe on port 8.

The only issue is that only 4 of the ports are poe and i don t believe that ubiquiti sells a switch with all 8 ports managed. Lee hutchinson apr 13 2016 11 30. The ubiquiti unifi switch 8 is the baby of the unifi managed poe switch range which all feature gigabit ethernet poe and sfp. So i prefer the 24 port version.

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