The Inexpensive UniFi 16port lite POE Switch Review & Lab Test

[@caseyberger15]

First-time UniFi purchaser and recent channel subscriber here. I went with the UDM base model, 2 nano APs, and this Switch Lite 16 PoE. I’m really satisfied by the hardware. I have it hidden away in somewhat of a network closet. No money for a rack yet. But the software is really where they missed the mark for what I believe Pro-sumers want. I was looking for more control over my network compared to consumer brands like Netgear, and UniFi seemed like a good option. But I quickly found myself opening 15 tabs at once to troubleshoot connection and adoption issues, and after a few DAYS of research, found out that the most recent firmware had a bug that prevented the UDM from seeing the Switch Lite 16 PoE. And the issue was well documented on their forums for over 4 months. So there I was installing firmware after 4 days of troubleshooting an issue that was only discoverable on their forums when I had bought the hardware from their website, not even a 3rd party. I guess I expected at least a warning that the firmware the product shipped with would render the product unusable by the controller out of the box. Anyway. It just soured my excitement for a product called “The Dream Machine” and now I’m forced to run beta software on my home and work-from-home network. If they’ve pivoted into selling direct to consumer, then they should have expected the need to scale their support and QA before shipping the firmware. Hardware is *chef’s kiss*

[@LDavis-ll5yr]

The smaller sister product with 8 ports (of which 4 are POE) has a 52W POE budget (13W/port avg). This 16 port model has double the POE ports (8) and a lower 45W POE budget (5.5W/port avg). I think there is a reasonable risk the power budget could be exceeded. My current POE cameras are ~8W each. A 6 Lite AP is 13.5W. A UAP-AC-IW is 7.5W (19W with POE pass through used). I realize these are max draws and nominal would be lower, but it adds up fast. It's handy to have the 16 ports but seems oddly under-powered. Also, the power supply is internal and may not be easily replaced if it fails. My Edgerouter X power block failed and was easily replaced in minutes. This looks nice for sure but make sure it will really work for you. For $20 more you can get two 8 Lite switches with more POE power and external power blocks.

[@happylemon9915]

Thank you for this info, this is exactly what i wanted to know about this product. You got yourself a sub, keep up the good work!

[@sirrcharles1869]

In our company'(60 employees) we choose Unifi because we can manage the network our self, i literally log into the controller once a month. The investment for the equipment also was extremely low maby 5K EU. I think this is the area where Unifi shines: Low investment, Low(NO) operational cost. And this all because it just works withouth ever really thinking about it. I would use this switch as a trow under the desk/ceiling switch. We have a 16 unifi 8 port switches under desks and i think this would simplify things a bit since it provides double the ports. If you need a more industrial high wattage POE switch go for their rack mounted POE switches. I think this is a great addition especially for business where there was an obvious gap beteween the 5-8 switched and the 16-24-48 rack mount solutions.

[@wezzman1]

I've been waiting for unifi to make a budget switch.... perfect for my needs. I'm getting one

[@rollover36]

About time someone reviewed this, thanks Tom! You keep saying home users, but trust me, this is way better than what many small business have and I will certainly make some clients purchase it. IMHO 45W is good enough for a small office.

[@EsotericArctos]

Agree with this. Most PoE cameras are less than 10 watts. IP Phones tend to be similar, and Access Points tend to be under 15Watt. In a home situation, 3 cameras and an access point would work well and if you have more PoE access points, I guess you go for a slightly higher power switch or get two of these :).

[@nathansmith3401]

Nice quick review. I love it when you feel you have to run down the little rabbit holes to explain uncommon use cases, for example, advanced home users. Preemptively anticipating your viewer feedback. :)

[@edwardgreenjr167]

I purchased the 8-port version direct from Ubiquity recently and I really like it. Same power budget, 4 PoE ports, HALF the price of the 16-port. Powers a UAP-AC-HD with no issues, and still has a enough power budget left over for the rest of my equipment. Doers not get nearly as hot as the older 8-port PoE models.

[@DJ-Coma]

Is there a way to put one of those in a rack?

[@GreenvilleSCDashcam]

I just bought an 8 port 150 watt. I have 3, 24 volt PoE cameras. I wanted one switch that would handle my 2 unifi APs with 48V and cameras with 24V. I was worried I wasted my money until I saw the product page saying it's 48V only. Great video and I'll remember this product or any friends and family I deploy unifi for.

[@pepeshopping]

$199 is a bit high compared to the many similar choices, but as a solution is ok. They all use similar, off the shelf components, so quality and durability should be similar. But if you married their brand/solution, you have to pay extra for it.

[@therealb888]

Agreed tom is such fanboy (although he likes to think of himself as an unbiased purely technical guy) that he calls this inexpensive for the shitty 45W power limit.

[@kittysreview9055]

I agree. It’s a shitty deal

[@cyberchaplain]

@@kittysreview9055 Link to a superior product that's cheaper then. Heck, link to an equivalent product that's cheaper and can be remotely managed.

[@compudude]

Considering the overall prices in the UniFi lineup, if that's your ecosystem, I can see a nice niche for this switch. 45w is not a lot of POE power, but UniFi cameras are pretty frugal with their power (under 5w each for many). Add a couple of APs (9w ea), a CloudKey G2+ (13w), a couple of G3 Flex (4w ea), and a G3 Micro (3.5w) and you're at the max power (9+9+13+4+4+3.5=42.5w)... but that's a pretty nice little setup. Sure, you could go with the 8 port 150w version instead and have lots of power to spare, but you'll run out of ports for your non-POE equipment pretty fast. You could also go with two of the 8 port 60w switches, that's only $20 more and gives lots more power, but it's also two switches instead of one (and you lose a port on each linking the two). So there are lots of options depending on what your needs are.

[@phenry5083]

If you think this is expensive or low powered you're a potato that doesn't have much experience in the IT industry.

[@longtimber1]

Look at the Mikrotik Netpower 16R, its waterproof and does Layer3 Routing on any port you choose.

[@ebmike8]

Great. Just had a used managed layer 2 switched delivered that i purchased from ebay for $35..Now it seems like I will purchase this switch instead to pair it with my Dream machine.

[@TehDeejus]

Check out the Aruba Instant On 1930 series. The 8 port also has 2 SFP ports and similar price but with 124Wpower delivery. the 24 port also has 4x 10gb SFP+ ports.

[@DanielWillen]

What kind of switch would you need for the 802.11 ax (wave 2) standard? Would I need a switch capable of 2.5GBit?

[@Zeric1]

That's going to depend on the use case. A residential environment with a handful of wireless devices, most of which are idle at any given time, is going to very different than a convention center or stadium deployment.

[@davidledbetter2027]

The 45W is a deal breaker. My environment needed 7 cameras, and 1 AP. When I did the math, 45W wasn't enough.

[@tornadotj2059]

It's a tool in the toolbox. It might not be the right tool for your job, but that's fine. I'm glad to see it added to their lineup.

[@TheOneWhiteST]

It's 45W and $199, if it was $100 I'd get it. Based upon the looks of it, I thought it was more cheaper. Looks like I'll still use the Netgear one I got... (homelab)

[@BDBD16]

Cisco 3750G's average 150 on ebay alllday

[@bothorsen4292]

I have two G3 with the LED light attached (and it's on right now). They are each pulling around 7W. Usually, people are surprised at how little a device actually uses. But in your case, I agree. You need a beefier PoE switch than this one. US-8-150 W or the big 16 port switches from UniFi would be fine.

[@bothorsen4292]

I have two G3 with the LED light attached (and it's on right now). They are each pulling around 7W. Usually, people are surprised at how little a device actually uses. But in your case, I agree. You need a beefier PoE switch than this one. US-8-150 W or the big 16 port switches from UniFi would be fine.

[@Hamilton876]

What about VLans, any limitations there?

[@StructuredChaos]

I am a noob at vlans, however I set them up in pfsense and added two ports to a gaming vlan. So far the Xbox games report open NAT. This is the reason I purchased it in the first place. I have also set up a guest vlan on wifi that I will be testing in the next month.

[@Zeric1]

No, it does not have the limitations of the flex mini, this is a fully managed switch.

[@rexjuggler19]

I just got the UniFi Switch 24 POE last week. I love it so far. I think the switch reviewed here would have been a contender if I had known about it, but probably still would have gone with the one I purchased and received last week. I have 3 AP Lites at my house and a work IP phone that requires POE, and I'm planning on setting up a Zoneminder video surveillance system. I bought a couple POE cameras to play with and they work well on it. I also prefer to hardwire what I can with cat 6 instead of WiFi. So the 24 port was best choice for me. I have my Unifi Controller on an AWS Linux instance and I run my house and 2 of my daughters apartments with an EdgeRouterX and Unifi AP at each of those. I have 6 Unifi APs setup for my church for the past 4 years. So I'm running 4 sites on my controller. I really value Tom's reviews of these products. I was looking at getting the USG for my own home firewall, but he's sold me on the PfSense solution. I'm currently using a Linksys WRT1900AC with the radios turned off as my firewall at home, but I'm wanting to replace it.Thanks, Tom. I always give a like on your videos!

[@Mark-ji5ve]

I have had this switch for ~ 4 months. While it "works" as a switch, and the price is good, it does not perform well within the Unifi eco system. This switch continues to alert in the controller console as disconnected, it is not disconnected as I do not loose connectivity to the Internet. What I do observe is high load (>4) and CPU (99 to 100%).

[@colt1596]

Zyxcel also has budget friendly Poe switches. Not a pretty ui. But they definitely work

[@antoniosa]

Man, that’s a really review. Just what we need to know (excluding the SEF-merchandise 😂) Thanks

[@_Miner]

Love the compactness and design of it. Wonder what the heat output is like in the long term as i don't see any air holes at all?

[@jerryfaircloth]

Yeah Tom how hot does it get? Can you cook eggs on it like the 8 port POE I have now?

[@jerryfaircloth]

OOps just got to the warm part. Going to go buy one asap.

[@gamerebellstudio1953]

@@jerryfaircloth Yeah, I also got the 8-port POE one and I once almost burned my hand when I tried to hold it. Pretty sure I could cook eggs on it. What's more concerning is that there's no temerature sensor on board...but afaik it uses it's body as a heatsink, so I guess it's fine..?

[@guitarchitectural]

@@jerryfaircloth which 8-port do you have? I've been considering the 8-60w to start because it's more than I actually need - but i don't need heat issues. besides that i can't find this one in canada right now

[@guitarchitectural]

@@gamerebellstudio1953 it must depend on how much you have plugged in. keep in mind that if you're pulling a full 150w that's the equivalent of 2.5 60W light bulbs.... and one by itself is pretty dang hot to the touch!

[@jamespollock2500]

Interesting french cleat system for mounting

[@Simserlol]

This switch is pretty nice, however the bottom part with the wall mount gets quite hot and there is no temperature sensor. I hope this doesn't turn into an issue, but I am only using it for a few weeks.

[@DiogoROSilva]

Will it better to add a bit more and get the usw-pro-8-poe? I'll lose 8 ports, but gain 2 SFP 10Gb and a lot more power! I think that 45W is verry low.

[@nellermann]

Wish I wouldn't have bought the USW-16-POE GEN2 this summer for my home! I thought I was getting the Gen1, but somehow via Amazon got the Gen2. It only has 8 POE ports and max power budget of 42W!!!!! Other than its 1RU and has two SPF ports, its less than this 'lite' switch. But it has fancy LCD screen, that I will never use.

[@teddyarmy6769]

My home comes pre-wired with Cat-6 (7 ports). I have a NetGate SG-3100 & plan to upgrade to Fiber. Would I need this switch in addition to the PFsense? I was planning to use one of the Unifi 6 lite's and the PF sense to cover all devices (home security cameras, 9 x random devices). Would the Unifi 6 AC lites' need a cable connect to a PoE port?

[@lars5150]

First time buying a switch not sure what to get. Looking for something not expensive, I have ISP provided modem and router running 1 gig speeds. I have several devices that i want to connect (hardwired) including a dvr for home security cameras . I do not want to loose speed quality. I am new to this home networking thing just meed advice on what type of switch i need to but looking for at least 12 ports

[@PhilvSassen]

Thank you for this interesting video. I hope the UDM- SE will be released soon.

[@wogfun]

I set up my home network with a cloudkey, usg, and 3 AP Pros, but when it came time for the switch I cheaped out and went with TP Link due to the number of devices that required POE and my desired budget. I have about 16 devices that require POE plus another 6 or so non POE, so I just got two 16 port gigabit poe switches for about 400 total. The question is am I really missing out on very much functionality by not running unifi switches? In hindsight, I should have just spent the extra $80x2 and went unifi but now that's not an option without tossing my original investment.

[@seppomuppit]

I'm in this position now, considering hte TP-Link for much cheaper. I'm wondering if the only advantage of the unifi is it can be configured from the central configuration unit rather than logging in individually on each switch using its IP address.

[@evlnte]

I bought this 16-port POE lite (as my main switch) to power a Switch Flex in the garage which I want to then use to power a single AP like a rabbit-ear Mesh or maybe a Nano. Can this daisy chain work or will I have to now attach the power brick to the Switch Flex in the garage?

[@mdbrenna]

Where is the 16 port Pro with POE and 10gb uplinks?

[@trmentry]

These switches are a nightmare. I have 2 of them. Both within the span of 6 hours have gone unmanageable in Unifi. They go into some weird loop thing with the LED cycling between blue/white/off. Support gave me a method to recover. One did but 12 hours later it went back to being a boat anchor. The other never was recoverable. Waiting on next steps from Support. Avoid these switches. I'm not the only one on the UBNT community having the issue. My guess is they got a bad batch of them in.

[@guitarchitectural]

sounds like my UDM that I returned - I guess i'll go for the US-8-60W which is a little more tried/tested

[@trmentry]

@@guitarchitectural yah... I'm going to get a couple of US-8-150Ws as replacements. Same cost as this nightmare but with the benefit of 4 SFP ports that can be used to make a poor-mans switch stack. And all 16 ports then can be POE not 8. Waiting o hear back from UBNT though first to see what the next steps are in the stupid human tricks on trying to recover these

[@fredjones100]

Sounds exactly like my us-8-60w for the first while - eventually a firmware update seemed to make it stable enough to use, but I'll not be buying another. I was just glad it was bought for my own use and not for a customer.

[@jagadeeshv2763]

sorry for the silly question... I'm really new to these. I'm planning to buy USW-Lite-8-PoE for my home .... to connect to 4 (IP5M-B1186EW-28MM) amcrest brand cameras .... those cameras are normal POE, but unifi switch is POE+ ...... is it ok to connect POE cameras in POE+ port .....?

[@christopherjroark4698]

What are you thoughts about their PoE 24 port switch? My company’s IT guy suggested I upgrade my home structured wired home network with their access points, control unit, and switch at well over $1,000 investment just for equipment.

[@electrohacker]

I found for my use case, I need to use LR ap's to reach the camera on yhe back of my garage. At least until I get cat6A route to the garage...

[@zerog2000]

The mounting options looks like it might be sketchy for side-mount or under-table mounts, etc. For a "home" office or "home" lab enthusiast, this type of mounting (under table/desk, or on the side of something under a table/desk) seems like it would be commonplace.

[@Zeric1]

I have several Unifi switches in my home, the central ones are rack mounted, the small distributed ones generally sit behind a piece of furniture. I can see the advantage of under mounting for some, but I've never found that missing feature to important. If one wants to under mount it, that could easily be done with a minor amount of creativity.

[@zerog2000]

Nice, but as others have stated, they just miss the mark here: 1. power budget is a bit low even for a "lite" 16 port poe switch. Should have at least 60-80w power budget. The 8 port switch has similar/same budget? 2. price point is a bit high. ~$100 is perfect for the 8 port switch, ~$150 would be the right price for this 16 port.

[@Zeric1]

I've been watching this one for a while and agree they overshot on the price. $149 seem about right. At $200, it's a harder choice. If 12 ports were POE with a little bigger power budget, then $200 would be justified.

[@adancalderon8915]

I like their bigger switches, but for $200, i might as well get a managed switch with PoE from TP-Link or Netgear. The unmanaged Netgear GS316P to mind for 16 PoE ports.

[@compudude]

TP Link has a POE managed switch for $133 (at Amazon) that's fairly comparable to this UniFi one but offers more POE power (110w) for less money. At that point it depends on whether the extra POE power is actually needed, and whether it's worth the extra $66 for the switch to be managed in the UniFi ecosystem, or separately.

[@bryancp87]

I want to buy a Dream Machine pro but I don't want to buy a 24 port POE Pro switch from unifi to power a few cameras and a few access points. Do you know if this would work for a few POE cameras and a few AP? or will I need to get the pro switch?

[@toneloc79]

That looks like good unit for my small house it looks easy to set up I have 800 sq. Foot house

[@johnhuffman4077]

Why would you need this switch to be managed in the use case described? Wouldn't an unmanaged switch do the same job?

[@richacevedo660]

this would be great for a structured cabling can

[@alonzosmith6189]

Nice, I paid $190 for the 8-150W

[@drtweak87]

Why have 8 PoE ports when you would have to make sure each port isn't using more than 5 watts if you fill them all up? If this was say a 60-80 watt POE budge I think it would be a lot better and even use it. Plenty of times i need something more than that the US-8-60W can do but have more ports at the US-8-150W without the need of SFP ports or a huge metal rack case. I see more things using more than 5 watts and I mainly use UniFi for IPC's not so much AP's.

[@compudude]

UniFi Protect cameras have a whole bunch that use

[@coryallenpo]

Thanks! Would this have enough watts to support 2 APs (NanoHD) and 2 POE Cameras?

[@spacemanwho]

Does anyone know if you can lock the port to a mac address. Thinking about getting the 16port and using the 8 poe ports for some cameras. Was hoping to lock down the poe port to the mac address of the camera connected to it? Thanks.

[@joebonsaipoland]

Not sure what my cameras pull, this could be a good replacement for all those injectors.

[@skipdog77]

Ugh I need this switch but 45 watts and 200$ price tag...

[@forid200]

Yeah, I think at least 60watts would've been nice.

[@diavuno3835]

Is 45 not enough... Or do you just want bigger numbers? A typical wireless AP is only a few watts... A very high end camera with IR blaster is maybe 10w.... But that's a $500+ camera 45w is more than enough for 99.9% of use cases... If you need more then that you are certainly already looking at rack equipment

[@charlesdean03]

If they would have done a 150watts power like the 8 port they had that would have been far better option. For home use it's kind of useless I would rather buy nother brand switch or even used Cisco if I am doing it for a lab. It is a good option for a newbie as they are more comfortable with unifi and well it just works lol so why not!

[@jonharrison7160]

Does USW-Lite-16-POE work behind pfSense? I've seen comments online about not being able to provision the device but there is not much detail. Your video setup didn't show it's operation w/ the controller and it is unclear to me if you were using pfSense with that setup.

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

Works fine behind pfsense

[@SirOz81]

The new lite switches have 8 ports and 8 gbit/s backplane. Can this cause a bottleneck? Normally I expect the backplane to be at least double the ports for 1 gig switches. What ist your opinion?

[@jucano]

Could it power two UAP-AC-LR ?

[@BDBD16]

I think Unifi must have the wall/ceiling mount designer equivalent to Jonny Ives. I love all their mounting solutions.

[@jkbecker]

Have you tried *removing* an AP from the wall lately? Elegant solutions yes, but I cursed that wall mount designer for the AP mount not long ago ;)

[@BDBD16]

@@jkbecker You just gotta give it a little muscle and a nice firm twist!

[@mosey4650]

muscle? wtf. no. use twist tie to gently get that little tab up, and then twist. No muscle.

[@BDBD16]

@@mosey4650 Sounds like a pain in the ass. Firm push up TWIST, and off. I know where my hands on. I don't know where a twist tie is.

[@mosey4650]

@@BDBD16 so this not how you are supposed to do it, but it is what works for you I guess. Keep on keeping on

[@augurseer]

Does it get hot?

[@SoranoGuardias]

Is that the UnifiNVR I see in the rack?

[@jasonluong3862]

Each AC-Lite AP can suck up 6.5W max so if all 8 ports are used, then that's 8 x 6.5W = more than 45W. That means this switch cannot power all 8 AC-Lite APs. Why does Ubiquiti cap this switch load at 45W when most likely this switch will be used to power these APs?

[@MrEric377]

For the community, I just spent the last year to setup a cisco 3560 with 3 vlans (Guest, IoT and my lab network). I just herd of someone setting up a flat network and just use a firewall to separate traffic. I never thought of that and a flat network with a really good FW setup could be helpful. Anyone have any comments??? Maybe not this UniFi, but are there any PoE unmanaged switches for a flat network?

[@andyrandy0815]

The Unify Switches are all manageable, so they can handle vlans, but of course you don't have to use vlans

[@Zeric1]

If you really want to separate traffic for security reasons, you can't have a flat network. I has to be separated by subnetting and/or vlans. If all one want to do is disable certain devices from accessing the internet, that can be done in the firewall, but to it won't give the same level or protection as subnetting/vlans.

[@xmdude626]

Cool little switch.

[@lyleperkins7214]

How do you determine how much power is required? I'm new to Unifi and want to setup 5 G4-Bullet cameras and 3 AP nano HDs.

[@compudude]

The UniFi website has power consumption specs for all of their cameras and gear. The G4 bullet cameras use 4w, per their specs, so 5 of them would use 20w, and the NanoHD APs use 10.5w ea, so 3 would be 30.5. So unfortunately you're a little over the output this switch can handle. You could use a pair of the 8 port 60w models (costs $19 more) and have power to spare, although you lose two (non-POE) ports linking the two switches.

[@rollover36]

@@compudude Yeah but those are max specs and not real life, I think he'd be ok.

[@compudude]

@@rollover36 It's borderline, for sure. MIGHT be ok, although high draw at startup might be an issue if there's a power outage, and then everything is starting up at the same time when the power comes back. If he doesn't mind futzing after any power shutdowns (reattaching devices one at a time so power draw stabilizes before adding the next one), and being a little risky, it could work out. Personally, if I know I'm going into a borderline situation that could cause problems, I'd look for something that fits the specs I need now, if I'm buying new hardware. If I inherited it, I'd be more willing to "make it work". But buying under-speced hardware, brand new? *shrug*

[@lyleperkins7214]

@@compudude Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it.

[@RonnieBlaze281]

I have 2 HD wireless units and will be adding at-least 3 G3 cameras, does this have enough power to support everything?

[@MakayMurray]

Do the math yourself. The data sheets on the unifi site provide the estimated power draw for each device you mention

[@CheeKiatTeo]

Do we need the cloud key for this one?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

All of the UniFi switches need a cloud key.

[@RossCanpolat]

This is what exactly what I want... Except it's not rack mountable 😔

[@Xaositek]

Can this switch power the UAP-AC-Pro or limited to lower power APs like the Nano?

[@maclarel]

The UAP-AC-Pro and the NanoHD have similar power requirements (9W/10.5W respectively).

[@beaker8501]

Hi, does this switch issue DHCP ? I have an error saying I may have a rogue dhcp server ? Could this be my isp modem is issuing & this new switch :) ?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

The switch doesn't do dhcp

[@2007gtsc]

Does the switch CLI capabilities? There 5-port mini does not and that is problem for some users getting the devise to adopt.

[@Zeric1]

I believe so. The mini is not a fully managed switch, this one is.

[@itsdouetthierry]

Good videos as always. One thing I would love to be disclosed is the fact that UNIFI devices like the Unif switch-FLEX will only power unifi devices. We tried to use it to power non unifi yet Ubiquiti devices and no luck. Ended up using the non-managed ubnt nanoswitch and it powers EVREYTHING; unifi devices, nanobeams, litebeams (providing you power the switch with a powerful enough POE injector.

[@W1ldTangent]

UniFi products all support at least 48V 802.11af or 52V 802.11at (active) PoE nowadays, which is NOT the same as the passive 24V and 48/52V PoE used by most of their non-UniFi products still. You need to do your research and read the datasheets. It should be noted that 802.3af/at/bt are standard... UniFi switches will absolutely power non-UniFi equipment if they follow that standard. Passive PoE was never standardized, and while much of it is interoperable if you have the right voltage, it is by no means a guarantee, and definitely won't work with downstream devices built for active PoE (exceptions being later-production UAP-AC-Lite, UAP-AC-LR and Gen3 cameras which support both active and passive PoE). With passive PoE, there is no handshake negotiation protocol to protect downstream devices from getting the juice if they're not built for it.. if you enable passive PoE and plug in a lower-power or an unpowered device, chances are it's a goner. Plugging active PoE device into enabled passive PoE port *usually* does nothing, but could release the smoke. Plugging in a passive PoE device to an active PoE switch is safe, it just won't work. It should also be noted that the first generations of UniFi PoE switches support both active and passive PoE on ALL ports, a feature I miss.

[@compudude]

IIRC Ubiquiti sells an adapter that will let their switches power passive POE devices. Sucks that you need one, but I'm glad there's an option, at least. And it makes sense why it's needed. Different POE switches offer compatibility for different specs. Passive POE simply isn't on the list.

[@hello-jonas]

The switch seems to have a ton of problems. Any load put on it and it goes into a dead-loop. I'd def stay away from this switch until next revision. (I've found similar cases on reddit, where users are having problems with the switch and unable to factory reset it)

[@sudheeshbabu8102]

Does it support SNMP?. I bought some Unifi Flex Mini, but disappointed to see that SNMP is not supported.

[@Zeric1]

The flex mini is not fully managed and has several limitations. The new 8 and 16 port POE switches are fully managed.

[@sudheeshbabu8102]

@@Zeric1 Does it support SNMP?

[@Zeric1]

@@sudheeshbabu8102 I do not own this model so I can't say yes with total certainty. Ubiquity said this switch has the same common features of their other "fully managed" switches, where as the flex mini is "smart managed" not "fully managed".

[@spacekrebel2331]

Would this be sufficant to poeet 4 AP’s And 4 cameras

[@Zeric1]

Depends on the APs and cameras, possibly. You have to read the spec sheets on the devices to see how much power each uses and add it up, leaving some additional headroom.

[@Theogwill]

Thanks for this video, question can I add my UniFi 8 port 60watt switch to it ?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

They will work together on the same network.

[@Theogwill]

@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS thank you.

[@j2347j]

White metal like USG or plastic?

[@on4amg]

Plastic

[@labalo5]

Wow I just bought the 16 poe gen 2

[@RobertWood042]

Do you know if this supports Spanning Tree, or custom switch port Profiles? I know the Flex Mini does not, and the USW-8-60 does. The UI site seems to now have that much detail yet, yet is does seem to have left early access.

[@W1ldTangent]

I had so much hope for those Flex Minis, they were basically exactly the product I've been wanting them to make for years now but they're just too compromised. No spanning tree, no custom port profiles, no management VLAN, no SNMP. I won't even use that in my home network. I have only a couple sites I manage where they might be useful without having to rework things so I don't need custom profiles or management VLAN. I can live without SNMP and STP (they'd be access switches connected to an upstream router or distro switch, and hopefully just won't get looped).

[@Zeric1]

The flex mini isn't a fully managed switch and has a number of limitations, this one is fully managed.

[@vitezslavkolek6742]

@@W1ldTangent My work on management VLAN.

[@on4amg]

Unfortunately this 16 port POE switch failed just after two months of use, something I have not encountered with any of my network equipment over the last few decades. The problem is with the network interface, the switching engine seems to work normally. Curiously the Ubiquity on line store no longer lists the item and most e-shops no longer have these in stock!? Curious to see what happens with the RMA, in the mean time it is back to Cisco.

[@palles1972]

What about Unifi controller

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

What about it?

[@sebastian-daquanglocknerjr1883]

why no rack ears

[@xmdude626]

not really meant for rack mounting, only desktop and wall.

[@Enonymouse_]

45 watts is not enough, i'd hoped they would make this a 60 watt switch.

[@engrpiman]

I may be in the minority but I tried to ssh into my unifi switch and was disappointed it didn’t have a cli.

[@garethsnaim8174]

Is this another unifi device that will be unavailable for a year?

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

It's in stock now

[@tschaderdstrom2145]

At $200, why not just get an Instant On?

[@Zeric1]

This is for people who are already using the Unifi ecosystem. If one is invested in a different ecosystem such as aruba, they are likely to stay with that.

[@aolish]

Is it okay to plug a non-poe device into a poe port? Thanks! :)

[@LAWRENCESYSTEMS]

Yes, as long as the poe port is set to auto, which is the default

[@aolish]

@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Thanks

[@RobPatti]

FYI, if you have a UDM, you can't adopt this switch unless you install a beta firmware.

[@rollover36]

Wow, you serious? Thanks for the tip

[@RobPatti]

@@rollover36 Yep, confirmed it myself. It's basically an unmanaged switch unless you install the beta firmware. community.ui.com/questions/UniFi-16-PoE-Lite-unable-to-adopt/b49c0427-215b-4184-8bfa-9e5a06c9b8f6

[@chrislowe8085]

How does it handle VLans? I'm not a normally home user. "Network Admin" @ work kind of nice there is a 16 port desktop model now. 8 ports not enough 24 too much 16 gives a few spares.

[@Zeric1]

VLANs are handled through the Unifi controller same as any other Unifi device, you can create trunks or other combinations of VLANs as needed per port.

[@karthickesaki1]

Hi sir,pls explain about isp (internet service provider)device and softwares

[@StructuredChaos]

My only gripe with this SWITCH is that I run unifi controller software in a docker and the set-inform ip address has to be reset every 24 to 72 hours. The inform address does not stick after a reboot. Other than that, I really like it.

[@BenTyger]

This isn't a router. It is a switch.

[@StructuredChaos]

You good now...

[@augurseer]

I want

[@Felix-ve9hs]

Still sold out everywhere ...

[@la009895]

Can I plug non poe devices into this without frying them?

[@wiziek]

Passive poe devices have that risk, they always output poe. Those are using poe at or af so you should be fine, switch will negotiate before sending high voltage so you can plug normal pc, laptop or whatever that doesn't use poe.

[@joeltyler3427]

Yes. Just don't plug the non poe devices into the poe.

[@la009895]

wiziek thank you! I don’t want to zap my downstream music hubs while also trying to power a few APs

[@wiziek]

@@joeltyler3427 What? There is no issue with plugging poe device into poe if switch support poe at/af or higher standard. Passive poe just dangerous.

[@joeltyler3427]

I haven't used poe. But I don't want to fry something very expensive main borad nic.

[@Hartley94]

☆☆☆☆☆

[@procekim]

too late for me.

[@UnkyjoesPlayhouse]

internal power supply? no thanks..

[@PopularApple]

Having just 45W is the downside of having a nice design 🤷‍♂️ pick your poison

[@SilentServiceCode]

meh

[@survivor303]

if you do a short video, please dont use that intro thingie with it. outro is ok.

[@therealb888]

Inexpensive is a subjective word. I understand you sell unifi products and you are head over heels fanboying over them but $199 for something with a 45W limit is a rip off and deal breaker. I'm no ubnt hater, the USW Flex mini and UDM are awesome value for money inexpensive products for what they offer but this is just unjustifiable. Also for someone who always complains about things not being opensource and how an industry leading company can randomly decide to stop supporting a certain profitable product (your complains about cisco meraki) you never once complain about ubiquiti not being opensource.

[@Zeric1]

Agreed, this is too expensive for what it is. Shouldn't be more than $150 tops. I have nearly all Unifi gear and won't pay $200 for this particular device. If it had 12 poe ports and double the power capability it might be worth it.

[@elaniel300]

$199, no thank you, i can buy lots of poe injector with that kind of money.

[@tommajor2940]

I'll stick with the Aruba switch! Wish I had never got my 48 port "managed somewhere else" piece of crap Unifi switch. That's what I get for watching KZbin videos that say this thing is great! But never mention that in order for it to work you have to setup some BS controller on a dedicated VM or Machine. Not you Tom! You are always honest with your presentations... At least the Aruba 1930 series allows both on board, one stop, configuration and centralized configuration if you want that. I don't need to dedicated a server to manage one switch and two WAPs... Any body want to buy a switch? Oh and the controller software just sucks! It is not user friendly at all...

[@Zeric1]

If you didn't know about the controller requirement, you didn't do your research. Unifi is a proprietary ecosystem, people that buy into it are generally using all or nearly all unifi equipment and want a single "pane of glass interface to manage all their devices. It is not a good choice for those that like to mix and match vendors. My home network has 10 network infrastructure devices (APs/switches), and having a single place to manage them all makes things a lot easier than trying to login to each on separately. As one scales up even more, trying to individually manage devices becomes very unwieldy.

[@tommajor2940]

@@Zeric1 I take full responsibility for my hasty purchase but that doesn't stop me from voicing my opinion on the idea of "must be centrally controlled" BS. I made the mistake of assuming that it would be both managed on the device and the option to centrally manage all the devices. The controller software is NOT intuitive, it is not user friendly, and the layout basically sucks! My opinion. I won't spend any more time on this piece of crap so make an offer. I'm going with the Aruba 1930 series switches. But I am glad that it works well for most people and understand the desire to centrally manage, I just think they could have offered both. One last thought, as someone who use to work as a DoD contractor (still do part time), I don't see any UniFi equipment in any of the facilities that I have worked in. Doesn't mean that it's not there but I've never seen a DoD supporting company asking for Unifi equipment experience in their job listings. So if your home network uses nothing but UniFi how are you ever going to get any experience with Juniper or Cisco, etc.? Just sayin that the only reason I would have 10 plus network infrastructure devices (and I do) is because I am researching/learning to work with various devices from different vendors that I need to support.

[@Zeric1]

@@tommajor2940 Unifi would not make any sense for the enterprise level, it just doesn't have good enough support. Residential and SMB can be a good fit, but not most enterprise situations that need top shelf level support. I would have been quite surprised if you had seen Unifi in any DOD facilities. Just like it's very unlikely you will find brand new Cisco equipment in a residential environment. Sure some people buy used Cisco gear for their home, but I've never heard of anyone buying the latest Cisco gear for residential along with a support contract. Different gear for different markets. The Unifi controller is different (you get used it), more importantly is that it's more limited than enterprise offerings, but again it's not targeted for that space. For me Unifi is a good balance between features and cost, are there other good options as well. People like Unifi for home and SMB because you get the "single pane of glass" controller, without having an expensive on-going maintenance contract for software and firmware updates.

[@tommajor2940]

@@Zeric1 Everything you just wrote basically proves my point. You don't need a controller for one or two switches and a couple of WAPs which is probably enough for most small businesses or the home if that is UniFi's target market. Build both configuration options into the product like HP's Aruba 1930 did and you'll be competitive and not off putting... And when I say "you", I mean UniFi.

[@bik1984att]

Complete garbage switch!! Don’t buy