Best POE network switch?

[tblake05]

I’ll be adding a poe camera system to my business before the end of the year.

There is 3 main sections of the building. I want to section it off and have a POE switch for each section, probably 10 ports each for future expand ability.

Does anyone recommend any unmanaged POE switches?

Thanks!

 

[tingo]

Something to be aware of: if you look at reasonable priced PoE switches with 8, 16 or 24 ports, you will find out that most of them don't offer PoE on all ports. Not enough juice in the power supply.

 

[rittwage]

Why would you want an unmanaged switch? I wouldn't recommend any of them for business use.

You'll need to know the power requirements for all the cameras you intend to hook to it. Some are PoE, PoE+, PoE++.
You'll need to satisfy the power requirments per-port and per-switch.

 

[Uniballer]

I am using Cisco SG350X-48P units with 10G stacking links between them. Bought 'em on ebay. Managed switches are very helpful when things are not working perfectly. I also have some SG300-10P and SG350-10P units for local connections (they uplink to the SG350X-48P units).

I first started using POE switches when I needed them for phones in 2011. Realized that I could buy cheap stuff new, or decent stuff used. Now also have cameras and network devices that run on POE. YMMV