Hey Chris, love your videos! I would love to see a video explaining the different PoE types and how they work with or not work with each other. I just changed my entire network over to unifi and had an issue with a nano switch powering a few cameras. I have it figured out now, but if I wanted to upgrade my switch, an overview of the different PoE types and compatibility’s would be awesome!

Great to know Unifi has released a rugged beast. I typically use Hardened switches like this for harsh environments such as, Oil n Gas deployments, port Surveillance Infrastructure with corrosion resistant cameras .

Looks great for high-demand devices like PTZ cameras and should support future devices.

I purchased the IND for an outbuilding with no heating or cooling. Runs cameras and an AP like a champ. Expensive but worth it. The integration with unifi keeps my deployment simple and painless to manage.

Hi Chris. We've just bought 3 of those and 12 flexes to power all the access points and cameras in our new campsite in Croatia. With these we can bring power and internet to 3 spots inside the campsite and then cover large enough radius around each switch to have roughly 30 access points and a lot of juice left over for cameras.

I have one of these in a deck box out by our pool for the temperature resistance, and fan less sealed design.

This would be great for our gun range. We have 10 pistol bays that we will be setting up WiFi on. This can power the AP and one or more cameras.

Thanks again for another good review. I'm looking at using these to replace DIN rail mounted Hirschmann switches. I do wish Ubiquiti had a DIN rail mounted switch with external power supply like most industrial switches, but I am strongly considering these for the ease of management and cost.

I just had to get one of these for a temporary set up that’s only gonna be used two times a year each for five days and this was one of the most perfect solutions so I didn’t have to drop a bunch of POE adapters. I have to run a bunch of sector antennas as well as multiple different access points with different filters and provisions. The first event is in September and that’s protesting the net work for the big one in April and this Beautiful thick heavy device is going to be making all the difference especially if a single zone has multiple devices that need POE

I have one running in my workshop for a few months and i can tell you first hand this thing rocks. Mines under half load and just keep on going and survived the 110F Texas summer with 0 issues, yes the casing was quite hot to the touch but never miss a beat. I currently have a Light Beam, UAP Mesh, G3 Dome , 4 G3 bullets, and 1 ULed AT panel connected to it. Now all my 24v devices i have to use the AF to AT converters but other then that its rock solid.

I could see it in a machine shop that would need poe for phones but also connection for cnc machines.

I Work in the hotel industry and some of the major players are looking into powering everything in a room via POE lights, curtains, shutters, eventually TV and Fridge or any other device that would need power and potentially be controlled over IP. So basically each hotel room would have one of these somewhere forgotten in a wall or technical cabinet.

One of the places I used to work had a trucking warehouse as customer. It was cold in the winter and hot in the summer. Forklifts hauling a$$ around all over the place. More than a few times we had a forklift smash one of the heavy duty metal equipment cabinets and destroy the network gear inside. The forklift drivers would "temporarily" stack things in red zones. This would of been great for that.

I do a lot of aircraft work and I could use something like this if it can pass vibration testing.

I just love how at the end we transition to a mess of Ethernet just to prove a point!

i used to work in a aluminum smelter plant, on a regular summer day there was about 50 degrees Celsius in the air + the radiating head from the ovens that is about 1000 degrees C. in the winter if it was below freezing you had to go with insulated jackets inside, so not the best insulated building... i guess that qualify as a good place to have rugged equipment :D

I would use it in place of the two EdgeXP 8 ports in a cattle barn, powering turret and PTZ cams from Dahua, 2 NS loco m5s, and 2 TP-Link WAPs. I have the switches in LCom boxes, but the rugged design, low operating temp, and higher end POE features make it a better choice. The EdgeXP boxes run a bit warm and only have POE+

We have one of these in our network room to run a "Door Controller" and it makes no sound and connects right into our controller. The US-Flex we have them used in a new downtown wifi setup we are deploying, we just power them over POE+ from a US-8-150W with no problems running 2 UAP-Mesh and 1-2 G3 Cameras, fiber connects 4 sets of these and one has a Mikrotik 60Ghz Wireless Wire.

I hope to see the unifi switch gen2 unbox and review.

In my house I have a single CAT6 cable running to my attic. Currently it's being used to power a ceiling AP. If I ever wanted to add cameras on my house I could throw this in the attic to power the AP + cameras.

Hi Chris I would use it up in ceilings of warehouses , prefab buildings as with schools etc , and /or factory and industrial environment . I would possibly more specifically use in control cabinets with plc's , electrical meters , pump controllers possible farm application circumstances but within an enclosure normally with a higher IP rating for solids and liquids depending on environmental requirements defiantly to hookup camera's AP's Nas boxes sensors etc ... anyways have a great one and enjoy Christmas and new years to you and yours best regards and great wishes thanks for the content , yours sincerely Lance and keep smiling :-)

Where did you get that TCP/IP T? Sweet man! Love your videos!

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i want one ........not sure where i am going to use it though, maybe as a back up switch to power some 25 cameras and access control

I am planning on using these switches in remote island connectivity to power some InfiNet P2P and BSU aswell as some IP Cameras and outdoor WAP's (The InfiNet needs 60W POE) and will all be powered by solar and LifePO4 batteries / inverter as there is no mains power to site. Planning on using about 4 or 5 of therm for this job over the next 12 months

Finally thought I had a use case for it. But unfortunately no SFP is a deal breaker

I'll be utilizing one of these in my mobile workstation, my Ford Transit 350HD. I cut no corners on technology and I know it will be hot/cold/muggy/dry--all sorts of different conditions. It's overkill but that's fine by me. I want reliability.

Hey Chris, I actually ordered this for a client. He has a very large property with a few guest cottages in various locations. So i'm running a Flex Switch from each PoE++ Port. He has 6 cottages around 250/275 feet a part from each other (each cottage with Flex and connected to that Flex is a FlexHD AP, Mitel IP Phone & Unifi Camera). the other 2 Ports ( one running Down to the dock for his boat with Camera & UAP AC M Access Point and the other will connect to his Cloud Key Gen2 when he get it. Right now the controller is running on my laptop. I'm very impressed with this Switch.. it is a Beast. I think Unifi needs to create a 16 port Switch for Small Business/ home user with 8ports PoE +, 8 Ports PoE++ and 2/4 SFP + Ports. Who could ask for anything more. Traditional 24/48 port switches are overkill and 8 ports just doesn't give you enough. 16 is the sweet spot.

It would have been great, if you made a video showcasing use-case for multiple distributions of PoE using the two switches shown here, perheaps even with af>24v passive with ER-X or Powerbeam antena in place of a router, emulating a situation, where ISP didn't bother to get Internet all the way in to the building. As to where would I deploy this? Well, coupled with a good UPS in camera systems. This way, entire camera system can be powered from central location and is also power-backed, allowing total of 24 cameras per this switch, if it wouldn't exceed power budget. Not to mention blackouts aren't that big of a headache.

I wish you would do a video for the gui side.

I just purchased two usw-flex switches. I have POE cameras in areas where I can't get power to them. My plan is to use the usw switches in two outdoor locations and feed a single cable each of those from a POE switch. On testing before deployment, I plugged a usw to a 60-watt Poe injector and connected four cameras. These worked fine in the daytime, as soon as IR turned on, two of the four went into reboot cycling. This industrial switch would be the perfect solution as an aggregation switch for the usw-flex. The unfi console shows the cameras using 7 watts. I connected cameras to one of my cisco poe switches and it reports 15.4 watts of usage. Interface Admin Oper Power Device Class Max (Watts) --------- ------ ---------- ------- ------------------- ----- ---- Gi0/1 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0 Gi0/2 auto on 7.0 Ieee PD 2 30.0 Gi0/3 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0 Gi0/4 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0 Gi0/5 auto on 15.4 Ieee PD 0 30.0 Gi0/6 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0 Gi0/7 auto off 0.0 n/a n/a 30.0 Gi0/8 auto on 15.4 Ieee PD 4 30.0 The device on Gi0/2 is a flex mini. Nice to see it only uses 7 watts. Outside of spending $499 on this new switch what POE injector would you use?

I have just bought it for my external flat space. I need to power 4 g4 pro camera and an aP

Foundry usage definitely.

I have 2 G3 pro and 1 UAP-AC-M on one corner of a building. One of the G3 Pro's is not working and I've narrowed the issue down to the cable. My choice is to rewire which would take a day and the rental of an off road capable cherry picker. Alternatively, plug a Flex into a known good cable, run a short cable to the cameras and power the Flex from the Industrial, 30 mins of work at best and cheaper than cherry picker rental.

This switch could go on a boat, in a bus or outdoor encloser etc. I hope that ubiqity will adopt the AirFiber to bt++, so they could be remote powered without an extra powerbrick or third venor switch. But for the XG devices I would use a US‑XG‑6POE, because if you may exceed the 1G Uplink on the Switch and even worse on the uplink. If 8 AP's are connectet and everyone is on load you have to move away 6-8gbit without a 10G port. If 1G to the AP is ok, I would also consider going with a 24 port gen2 switch, also 8x bt++ and 10G Uplinks.

Very nice switch, unfortunately no SFP support. We’re looking to purchase the Unify Switch XG 6 PoE instead for our camera’s and AP’s. Is a review of these switches planned in the near future?

I'd like to see more 10gig options from Unifi. That's great that you could power several of the XG panels. It's still not a viable option to use this switch being all gigabit and those AP's being 10gig capable. You'd be seriously hampering the abilities of the access points. The UniFi Switch 6 XG PoE is meant for those. Unifi has yet to bridge the gap when it comes to multi-gigabit connections. Once you are connecting 10gig to end devices you need to start looking at 40gig or 100gig uplinks and I don't see Unifi moving that direction yet. I could see this used to power multiple PTZ cameras out in the field most of them only require a 100mbps connection which would make the 1gig uplink adequate. Make this switch with 10gig uplinks and you have a winner. SFP+ ports would be a bonus.

It's a shame there are no gbits for a fiber connection on this switch it could've made a cheaper back up device for the Siemens Ruggedcom RS900GP that we currently use with my current job

“In a wall” is not a plenum. In a HVAC duct IS a plenum

Nice video. What is that device next to you on the desk with the yellow/green light?

This would be a great setup for an industrial installation so a factory etc especially when you want to set and forget about it. If I were to install one of these it would only be if it is extremely required otherwise I wouldn't suggest it to a client etc. Although I am a sucker for punishment I would buy it just to use it and see what I can use it for etc. Much like the FlexHD it has its usages etc but it is only good in some not all

If you live in a new build house then what about Broadband over Mains Adapters you can have the master adapter near to the Cable router where one lead from the master adapter connects to your router and you computer can plug into the network socket on the bottom of the slave plug which then goes into your mains sockets and provided you get the right model number i,e the 10GB version you won't need to have any extra cables at all also you can connect your mobile phone to the unit just enter the password for the nearest adapter into you mobile and your mobile will connect.

That's going in an attic or crawl space to power an SMB's APs. Either that or in high plenum in above a retail environment.

Wish I had of known about this 6 months ago, Had a client with a Cisco non poe switch die, replaced with a unifi 16 port poe switch (only use about 6 ports but rack mounted) The rack is in the back of a kitchen and the old firewall and switch where caked in geese and dust. Will remember this if the unifi dies

I'm planning on using one of these to power medical grade, all in one kiosks [Cybernet CyberMed M12]

A little late. I Ventured here as I was looking for a redundancy/ back up switch in my home. Instead of a second gen 2 pro 24 Poe. Principally for access hubs x2, cost effective? Not sure

No 24v support just like the last one I bought! Here's hoping they will make everything 48v finally!

Would use in a factory... I guess?

I work for an electric, water and sewer utility, and am always on the lookout for a good industrial grade switch for places like substations, pump houses, water towers, treatment plants, etc...this one seems to be missing DC power (like 24, 48 or 120 V station DC bus), fiber uplink/downlink ports, fiber access ports - including for 100B-FL used by control relays, redundant power supplies, an actual IP rating...plus still don't trust Unifi architecture for critical stuff, maybe if there is an EdgeSwitch edition, would consider that..

Can't believe this thing doesn't have SFP ports on it. I need to put a couple of these things in Rittal outdoor cabinets, but the cabinets only have Fiber and power in them. Too far away from my server room to run CAT6. I suppose some kind of media converter would be useful, but seriously, why no SFP (or SFP+)?

I wish it had fiber uplinks like the Switch 8 -150W does. I have one in an out-building that is connected to the main building via bi-di single mode fiber, it is powering a bunch of cameras and an AP and it is getting insanely hot pulling only a total of 34 Watts across all devices. I had to build a fan rig for it.

Very slick, but probably overkill at that price point for putting in my attic to power PoE cameras.

What plant is on the side of the table?

Awesome! Please Review the new Ubiquiti switches....specifically the USW-Pro-24-POE Gen2...thinking about buying it.

I have customers in the natural resource mining vertical. It would be a good place however, the guys who program the PLC prefer using specialized industrial switches that have been well tested in those environments. Those switches that have only a few ports but costs multi thousand dollars. We can't even convince them to have a dozen or more lower cost switches on hand as replacement. They want things that won't fail or not very likely to fail. Paying upfront the huge costs is worth it in their calculations as any downtime is extremely expensive and the environment is not forgiving. Think of those switches handling communications for machinery that is 2 to 3 floors high!

Why would you use this to feed data to the XG? 1Gbit to a device that wants 10Gbit?

if uplink is 10Gbe will be nice

I don't need it but I want it!

643/5000 Hi Chris. Greetings from Germany. Another great video and I am pleased that you are also presenting the industrial model of the Unifi Switch series. I work in the automotive industry and could very well imagine the use of this switch. A fanless model is particularly important in this dusty and harsh environment. With this switch we could network and monitor our systems. So far, only the individual components of a system have been networked. In this way, we could network all systems and, for example, see all malfunctions at a central workstation. Please keep it up and have a nice Christmas time.

That looks like one awesome product. I could have used that when I was Systems Admin at an Automotive supplier, we had switches out on the factory floor, they were constantly getting loaded with dirt and grease.

Chris, can a USG be used without a switch? ie. just have an AP plugged directly into the LAN port?

You can Ubiquiti's second generation switches with USW-Flex. Per example, USW-Pro-24-POE Gen 2.

Is there a way to inject bt power into the flex switch without using one of these?

Nice piece of kit. Overkill for my setup but nice, nonetheless.

Great video

NIce Shirt you got there.

In a factory, with oil and grassy things all over the place. In a storage facility where water go in when rain.

What do you use to screen record directly on your phone?

It's a shame it doesn't have a single optical fiber port.

Great Videos. And thank you for converting the whole Farenheit insanity to celsius.... :) This is too weird. +40°C are 104°F .. but -40°C are -40°F ????! How in the world ?! Shouldn't -40°C be -104°F then ?! is anybody really getting any of your measurements ? or is it just guessing most of the time ? :D

Nice money tree

Does it have an IP rating?

Still not 10 Gbps ports on Unifi. So annoying!

Who have stock of this?

Its actually cheap for an industrial switch

500$ wow

Can i use to power 24V devices? Like air Max

Chris, you seem to not really need that switch so I can take it off your hands.

$499 for an industrial switch is cheap. Working with Allen Bradley / Rockwell devices this is a cheap device. Not really any use for me, I need DIN rail or rack mount to support PLC devices in process control networks.

Industrial switch without M12 connectors by that price? No thanks.

Is it a Layer 3? Managed?

This stuff if trash in comparison to Westermo network switch

You push Ubiquity so hard, I'm pretty sure you're subsidized by them or a direct subsidiary.

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I could see it in a machine shop that would need poe for phones but also connection for cnc machines.