Airlink 8 poe port switch. Any good?

[cah027 0]

Found this switch.

 

Has anyone had experience with this switch? is the 15.4w max per port good enough for IP cams? I Have q-see cams right now..

 

http://airlink101.com/products/agsw808poe.php

 

I like it because its a gigabit switch and all 8 ports are poe. Just don't know if it would output enough power for cams..

 

Thanks

[Kawboy12R 0]

15.4w per channel is lots for just about everything but some PoE PTZs or some cams with built-in heaters. Typical consumer IP cams generally suck up less than 10w/channel. The tricky part about that switch is that I don't specifically see the total power budget listed. Some switches deliver up to 15.4w/channel, which is good, but can't provide 124 watts total, so some items have to use less. Any cams rated for IEEE 802.3af use will work on 15.4w/channel, but you might not be able to power 8 of them if that switch can't put out 124w at once. I'm not saying that it can't, but I don't see anything stating that it does, either, and that's not a great sign. Zyxel's ES1100-16P has 8 full power PoE ports with a power budget to run them at max all at once. It's a 16 port though and it's got a fairly noisy fan. If quiet is the goal, try two ES1100-8P switches. That gives you 8 full power ports with no fans but two switches. That Airlink looks like a nice way to get 8 PoE ports in one switch, but you might want to email them and check the power budget.

 

Maybe someone here has used one and can confirm the power budget??

[cah027 0]

It looks cool on paper doesn't it? I like the gigabit/price part of it. Unfortunately I think it might be a discontinued item because I can't find it in stock anywhere.

 

I just ordered the Zyxel's ES1100-16P but I might get a separate gigabit switch for the rest of my network later.

[Kawboy12R 0]

Definitely has a good features in a PoE-dense package, especially if it would do 15.4w x8.

 

No stock? Quick Googling showed stock here- http://www.winotek.com/itemdetails.asp?cc=126&ic=NET-PMAGSW808PO

 

Gotta sign in for some reason though.

[cah027 0]

I emailed them for a login and haven't heard back from them. I got my Zyxel switch today.. First line of business is to update the firmware of my bullets.