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.

Unifi 8 port poe switch review.

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. 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. But if you feed the switch with the dc adapter port 8 will output a non 802 3x compliant 48v poe on port 8. Now on to the written review the back story.

Ubiquiti networks unifi ac pro wireless access point pre configured 2 pack wi fi 802 11ac dual radio 3x3 mimo with unifi switch 8 us 8 60w 8 port managed uplink ports. 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. Lee hutchinson apr 13 2016 11 30. So i prefer the 24 port version.

Unifi s managed poe switches are the best. They are simple to configure and robust in their capabilities. Ubiquiti unifi us 8 gigabit switch review video. 8 x gigabit rj 45 ports 4 x auto sensing ieee 802 3af poe ports.

The switch can output 802 3ac poe on port 8 provided the switch is fed with 802 3at poe.