Sodola 6 Port Gigabit PoE Switch with 4 Port PoE+, 802.3af/at 65W Total Budget, 250m Long Range Ethernet Splitter, Fanless, Metal Case, Plug & Play, Desktop or Wall Mount, Ideal for IP Cameras & AP

Really impressed with this Sodola 6 Port Gigabit PoE Switch. The PoE ports power HIKVision door entry system perfectly and setup was simple plug-and-play. Solid build quality and stable gigabit performance. Great value for money.

Switches are great but power cables that come with them don't meet British standards as they don't have a fuse. Simply swapped them but still, not great when being sold in the UK

This is a great, low-cost, simple Ethernet LAN switch that works 100% out-of-the-box, with no additional configuration required. The model I chose (SL-S06P) has 6 ports, 4 of which provide PoE/PoE+ power. Even if you don't need so much PoE power today, it can be a good idea to have a LAN switch like this already, to keep your future PoE devices truly plug-and-play. Otherwise, it works just perfectly as a regular good-old unmanaged LAN switch. Note that there seem be several model variations on this Amazon product page, so please be sure you have selected the configuration you prefer -- and don't be misled by the specs, photos, or reviews that refer to the other model variations. Again, the model I got is the 4+2 (=6) port unit, currently just $21.99. What a bargain for a 6-port switch that has PoE+! Maximum speed on this model variation (SL-S06P) is Fast Ethernet i.e. 100Mbit/second. There is an option on this unit to turn on "Extend Mode" which seems to be an option to extend the maximum allowable length of your attached LAN cables. (Usually LAN cables should be max 100M (330 ft.).) This option limits the 4 PoE ports' modes to 10 Mbit/sec (i.e. "10-Base-T"), which is old-school, but it more than doubles that allowable distance -- to 250M. I would expect it should also allow for defects in existing cable runs that would normally cause data errors. There may be some other uses for this "Extend Mode" function, but for normal, good cables, you wouldn't want or need it. Another mode option on this unit is "VLAN Mode". I did not quite understand the tiny-print manual's brief description of this function, but re-reading this Amazon product page and photos/diagrams clarifies it. It seems to be a security feature useful for security cameras or other devices or cable runs that might be subject to tampering. When "VLAN Mode" is ON, the traffic from one PoE port cannot possibly be seen on the other three PoE ports. That seems to effectively prevent eavesdropping on these devices. However, like any "security" feature, it makes the devices on those PoE ports unable to discover each other, which would not be helpful for some users or applications. I don't think I would need this feature either, so I'll just keep the option switch in the middle "OFF" position to maximize the features. There are some other PoE-rebooting features I haven't been able to try, but apparently it automatically detects and then will reboot crashed PoE devices. Sounds intelligent. This model has two cross-key-hole ("+") mounting holes on the bottom, which would allow it to be mounted in any orientation on the wall -- ports facing left, right, up, or down. I mounted it to my wire shelf using zip-ties, which was quick and elegant enough for me. It's also nice that there is no fan noise on this unit, and it does not use a wall-wart. The power cord is a AC line IEC plug. Specs says it's universal, so 100-240VAC, 50 or 60 Hz. Very neat, quiet, and it does not seem to get hot either, although my power usage is currently only 1 PoE device. That's a lot of info for a very simple and well-valued product. I expect it to keep working well.

This was for a replacement POE router that died. It worked better then the old one and was cheaper too! A poe outdoor camera was connected to this router and the image quality from the camera was 1000 times better then the old unit.

The first switch I received had dead Poe. Amazon quickly replaced. Second switch is good. No issues with this one. It is connected to the LAN and powers an AP and 3 cameras.

Works ok but only been using for a week and had to reboot once already due to connected devices stopped being able to access Internet. Reboot fixed but shouldn’t have been necessary.

I bought the 4 port variant of this switch. This switch has some pretty interesting features. Not only is it a PoE+ switch (30W per port or 65W total) but it also has a dip switch to switch it to extended mode where according to the documentation it extends the theoretical cable length of the four ports to 250 meters (820 feet). The drawback is that the transmission rate drops to 10 Mbps. But, for a PoE camera with a low bitrate 10 Mbps is enough. The other interesting dipswitch position is VLAN mode. In this mode each port can communicate with the uplink port(s) but cannot communicate with each other. Think guest access (or the way it should be done) at a hotel or restaurant. This switch can comfortably power four 802.3 af (15.4 Watt) Cameras. The manual you get with this is a generalized manual and is useless. It talks about managed switches and the IP addresses to log into them and also how to install this into a rack. The 4 port variant is unmanaged and cannot readily to mounted into a rack. No hardware comes with this switch other then a basic grounded power cable. The Amazon listing claims that this switch is gigabit even though the sticker on the back says that all ports are 100 Mb but to be honest, I did not test it as all I will be using this switch for is IP cameras. The documentation and listing are pretty vague about whether everything is Mb (megabits) or MB (megabytes) just stating M (10M, 100M). Since there are 8 bits in a byte, that can make a huge difference. Typically, everything is networking is measured in bits.