Ubiquiti Networks Networks UniFi Switch 8-Port 150 Watts, White

I wanted to post some information I gathered on most of the UniFi switches to help people purchase the right unit. I have been using Ubiquiti products for quite a long time but the UniFi switches are something I'm just getting into for my home and a couple smaller work sites. I mainly deal with HP 2920 series PoE switches at work, which are excellent and support is very good. First off, the ugly truth is that if you want a PoE switch you have to deal with it either being hot or listening to some fan noise. I'm forever on the quest for the unicorn quiet PoE switch with a fan. That said here are my thoughts: 8 Port 12W - a great little unit, especially in my case where I have larger PoE switches deployed. If I have a location with a single network cable that needs more outlets, plug it in and done. Works great as a stand alone too. At home my office has a single network port, so I'm using this with the POE passthough to a Hikvision cube camera. Fanless, so quiet and with only 12W not overly hot. It's almost impossible for me to not want one of these on the shelf at all times. 8 Port 60W - I don't think I've tried this one, based on it being essentially a high output/more PoE ports than the 12W, I'm sure it works just a well, fanless quiet but the laws of physics says 60W should be hotter than 12W. 8 Port 150W. I really want to like this switch. 150W, SFP slots and rack mount, also a nice size for the desktop. I don't like smaller desktop switches when they don't have enough weight to them and the cables pull it around. Two things keep me from loving this switch. The first being that I'm spoiled by working with the HP 2915. It's not a fair comparison as the HP is $575 but budget permitting this is my favorite fanless POE switch for now. The second is this unit gets AMAZINGLY hot. There are lots of theads that explain that the temps it runs at are OK while others disagree quoting that the hotter electronics are, the worse it is. 150W with a fanless design has to get hot but I'm sure it was designed accordingly. I have not seen any posts about failed units and I haven't had any issue with mine even with the exterior case temp at 125 degrees when my garage ambient was well over 100. There is a lot to love here but the case temperature must to be part of your buying equation. 16 Port 150W. This switch hits the best balance of fan cooled but quiet enough to be in an open office. Full rack sized with 16 ports. Nothing but good stuff here. I'm rather envious of this unit at work as HP does not make a 16 port 2920 PoE. The HP 8 port is great as I mentioned, while the HP 24 port is too loud for office use. 24 Port 250W I have this unit as my core switch at home, a full UniFi system, Cloud Key, USG Pro, 5 UAP-AC plus hikvision PoE cameras. This switch makes some noise, too much to be around office workers. Mine is in a tripplite enclose in the garage. Not the coolest place to start with but even when setting idle in a 70F room its no quieter. Going back to my first statement about PoE being a balance of heat verses noise, this was the right switch for my situation. It's in a hot environment so I want as much fan cooling as I can get. Being in the garage and in a metal enclosure, I can deal with the sound level. I could have gone with the 16 port as I currently don't have that many devices but as you'll quickly learn that you can never have enough ports. For roughly $100 more, I got 50% more ports and wattage to be somewhat future proof. I don't have any experience with the 48 Port models but given their port density and higher wattage I can go out on a limb and say they are fairly loud as well. Ubiquiti gets a bad rap sometimes because people are so used to spending a lot more money for the devices they sell. I was spending $800ish for Cisco wifi access when I first found UniFi, "how good can the UniFi AP be for $200?" My overall experience with their switches and really all the UniFi family has been very positive and I really appreciate them putting 'not quite enterprise' level equipment in our hands so affordably. Any of these switches should service you well, I hope this helps you pick the unit that best fits your needs.

Picked up three Ubiquiti Switches after I moved into a rental home where AT&T Uverse Internet service is delivered through a hall closet. Two of the units I picked up are the 8 port switches and one of them are 16 port switches. I've set them up throughout my home and in my home office. We used these units to create two different VLAN's in the home to have two different networks for a home network we control and the AT&T network that controls the equipment they provide in the home. We then placed a PFSense router inside of the closet and used it to manage the second network for our devices. If you care about hosting your own environment be sure to pick-up a Unifi Cloud Key along with these to manage it all on premise. It adds a bit under $100 to the total build out which may seem egregious if you do one switch but isn't terrible if you have a few to manage. All in all the switches are fantastic. They have a world class management interface and when used with the Cloud Key it's an incredible combination of value and features. In addition to these switches we picked up two of the AP-AC-Pro Unifi Access Points. While the switches here are fantastic with a world class user interface (I've used Dell, Cisco, HP and many others in the past and they pale in comparison) the Ubiquiti WiFi system is abysmal. I get about 3x the throughput from an Apple Airport Extreme than I do through one of their WiFi units. I also had a Ruckus 7363 (about a 4 year old model that does 802.11n only) and it not only had better throughput on an older standard but it had better range than two of these Ubiquiti access points have combined. If you don't care about having fast or long range WiFi then these are fine. If you are buying these switches and the WiFi to have one management console then you'll be pleasantly surprised. We went with PFSense for the firewall since it's a solution we are familiar with it and wanted to be able to route the 1Gbit internet connection.

This 8 port (technically 10 port with sfp ports) is fantastic. I set this guy up at my home and it is a perfect solution. Pros: First, the build quality is top notch. The metal housing feels like it's coated in some kind of finish that almost sparkles in the light. The build is sturdy and nothing sounds loose whem you give it a shake. Second, I love that the power supply is built inside the frame on this unit. I owned the 8 port 60 watt model for a few weeks, which I returned in favor for this model. The 60 watt model has a power brick on the included power cable, but this model doesn't have that. It makes cabling more tidy. Third, the included sfp ports are nice if you need just a couple more ports. With copper gbic sfp modules, you can add two more rj45 ports. Or, if you want to bring fiber optic right to the switch, you have that option to install a fiber optic sfp module. Fourth, having all 8 copper ports capable of pushing POE+ (802.1af AND 802.1at POE standards). This is nice to push more power to your Unifi APs and some Unifi cameras that can take advantage of the 802.1at POE+ standard. Fifth, I love the Unifi controller software. It works quickly and is simple to setup. One main attractor of why I choose Ubiquiti was the unified controller for all of my gear. I love having one place to configure and view status of my home network. Con: I can only say that 200$ for an 8 port switch is steep. However, $200 for an 8 port + 2sfp + 802.1at + ubiquiti Unifi software switch, I can justify the price. Keep up the great work Ubiquiti. I would love to see more features on the Unifi controller, like native vlan configuration per port, dhcp snooping, Switch port Mac security, and lldp support when connecting non ubiquiti devices. With some of those extra features, I would be more likely to setup ubiquiti for my business networks. (See Update 1) UPDATE 1 - 4/11/2018 Ubiquiti has provided frequent software updates for the switch and the unifi controller. They have included some great features I wished they had at the beginning of my review. Switchport Profiles - This allows you to configure a profile for a certian switchport purpose. I.E. Uplinks, POE ports, AP ports, Phone ports, Camera ports, etc. You can now assign a native vlan for trunked ports, and permit only certain vlans. Other advanced options are now available like 802.1X Control, manual link negotiation (duplex and speed), storm-control( multicast, broadcast and unknown unicast flooding!), manual LLDP configuration, and rate limiting! It is very nice to see some of these more advanced features available on the controller now!!! If the software keeps advancing like this, my 200 dollar investment is looking great.

Tech Support is love/hate. Chat is good but having the ability to call, even if it has a reasonable cost, can be the best option. Unifi support is 50/50 and getting replacements for defective units can be a challenge. The Netgear M Series switches have the best support for the small business market. Now to the switch - Fantastic interface and a fully managed POE switch at a reasonable price is great. Using them with Unifi APs gives a ton of information and is highly configurable. The Unifi switches are solid and can be managed in the Unifi Cloud Portal. The only reason I fluctuate between these an the M Series Netgear Switches is the limited lifetime next day replacement warranty. I put switches in for our clients and selling them is much easier with a solid warranty that last more than a year.

it's a very good switch and is working well, but to use this switch you should be aware that you'll need to download/install Ubiquiti's controller software on a computer or buy Ubiquiti's Cloud Key (which is effectively a small embedded computer running the controller software for under $90). Ubiquiti's products all work in concert together - so it's hard to parse out a review of this switch as a standalone device. I'd say that if you're running the (free) Ubiquiti controller software (or have the Cloud Key), AND are using Unifi access points and a USG secure gateway as your router, than all these work very well together. Setup was much easier than a Cisco switch, and this model is completely silent (no fan). Pros: - Silent - If you're already using any other Ubiquiti gear and have a controller running, adopting this switch and setting it up is extremely easy (but if you don't and this is your only piece of Ubiquiti gear, setup is a PITA) - Lots of PoE power (150W) - Auto-configuration of ports (I didn't have to configure the ports, or set duplex or PoE or anything, it just figured it out) - Good looking - Integrates nicely if you have other Ubiquiti gear - SFP ports for optical connectivity - Nice wall mounting options - Supports 802.1X authentication, dynamic and static VLAN tagging, port isolation, storm control, and guest control. - Firmware updates are free (vs Cisco, which requires an active support contract to download firmware updates) - Has an option to always auto update to the latest firmware - Supports IGMP snooping, link aggregation - CLI accessable via SSH Cons - Expensive for an 8-port PoE switch - You HAVE to use Ubiquiti's controller software (or Cloud Key) to setup the switch - you can't just navigate to the switch in a browser - assumes/requires an existing Ubiquiti ecosysystem

I deploy a lot of network gear for work and home and completed a long overdue upgrade to ubiquiti (have had one of their access points for years and it was always rock solid). Added these swtiches and they function beautifully (replaced some older trendnet gear that also works but these give a ton of additional information to the controller). I can't believe the price - they have features that (in my experience) exceed a lot of professional enterprise gear and they are priced for consumers. Very easy to install - just plug them in and adopt them on the controller and you see your whole network topology, speed of links etc from the controller, POE status. nice.

Ubiquiti products are just on another level entirely. After installing this product, along with one of their PoE switches to power it, I replaced all the networking equipment in my house with Ubiquiti products. They are that good. It is silly to use anything else. A few things to be aware of. Unifi is a product line of Ubiquiti. Products in the Unifi line all use the same controller software and can be seen by the software. But products that are not in the Unifi line, such as the ER Lite router, will not be seen by the controller software. So make sure you buy products from the same product family, which is probably Unifi unless you are a global corporation. Why are Ubiquiti products so much better than consumer grade products? Because they can handle more than 100 Mbps connections, which are becoming more common now, because they can be managed, configured, and upgraded via controller software, because you can see the Wifi coverage in your house, because the Wifi access points coordinate with each other to hand off client connections. It is like being reborn. Say goodbye to network problems.

I use this switch at my home for running numerous PoE devices (Raspberry Pi, UniFi APs) and connecting up wired computers. I purchased this switch alongside two Ubiquiti Gigabit Copper SFPs to make use of the two additional ports. These switches are easy to set up, provide many powerful features which are perfect for networks small and large, and have proven to be quite reliable. Regular firmware updates are a plus, not that they're needed since the software is generally solid out of the box (I install them mostly for the security content). The only thing worth noting is that the 8 port desktop switch can get a bit warm due to the lack of fans, as do the SFPs installed within, but so far this has not caused any issue for the switch or the SFPs. Heat simply concerns me for longevity. For home installs, this would work great in a cooled closet or in a basement, where passive cooling is key and where vertical mounting can be accomplished.