MokerLink 8 Port PoE+ Switch – The EXTEND button REALLY works!

Today we are doing a detailed review of a new network PoE switch on the market by Mokerlink. We’ll look at what a PoE switch is, where you’ll use one, its features and if it will meet or beat my long-distance testing expectations.
As you may know, a switch is basically a network splitter. It allows you to take a single network connection and split it into multiple. For example, my router is in my basement and only has 4 ports but I need to plug in my smart TV, xbox, desktop computer, wireless access point and 4 security cameras. I’d use a switch to solve this problem.
A PoE switch or a Power Over Ethernet switch, lets you supply electricity to your network devices over a network data cable. A PoE device, which accepts power from a PoE switch, like a VOIP phone, access point or a security camera can be plugged into a PoE switch and the single ethernet cable would take care of the data transfer as well as powering the device. It’s super convenient because you only need to run one wire from your network to the device. No need to worry about power outlets nearby your PoE device install location.

This PoE switch can power devices up to 30 watts, including 802.3af and at. To know if a device supports PoE, it will be written on the device or in its manual or on the product specs page. Don’t attempt to power PoE passive devices with a PoE switch because you could damage the devices. For example, this 24v access point needs a special adapter and does not work with a PoE switch. Non PoE accepting devices, like computers, Xboxes and TVs can be plugged into a PoE switch with no issues because the switch will not send electricity to these devices.
We next check out the box contents and apply the rubber feet onto the switch.
I discuss the grounding terminal on the device, and the power connection. When it's powered up, there is no humming fan sound. I like this feature. We’ll do a heat test in a minute to see if they sacrificed the fan for excess heat.
On the front, 8 ports which support powering PoE devices up to 30w each or a total of 120w across all 8. These are 10/100 Mbps ports which is plenty of bandwidth for a 10MP security camera recording at 30fps.
Next there are 2 gigabit uplink ports. Use these ports to connect other switches, your modem or router.
Next, we have an SFP port. It’s also an uplink port used to connect the switch to your network using fiberoptics
Now we have this slider with default and extend. This is a very cool feature.
a. Default mode is where all ports can communicate with each other at top speeds. My surface pro plugged into port 1 can communicate with the PoE cameras plugged into ports 2 and 3 as well as any devices connected to an uplink port. The uplink ports can see everything plugged into the PoE link ports.
b. When I change the mode to extend, we now have what is called vlan port isolation across the main PoE ports. Devices plugged into the PoE link ports cannot see each other. If I try to ping devices in here, I get no response. The uplink ports are unrestricted and can see and be been seen by all the 8 main ports. Extend mode also introduces a speed drop to 10Mbps but it bumps up the maximum cable length for the ports from 100m (328ft) to 250m (820ft).
We done some temperature testing next followed by some PC to PC ping and speed testing. We connect a couple security cameras and do some frame rate and bitrate testing using both modes.
In conclusion, the PoE switch performed way beyond its advertised specifications blowing the maximum distances out of the water and maintaining top speeds. For $65.00US, MokerLink is really up there competing with the big network brand names. I love that there is no clunky power brick, no humming fan and of course, the extend mode with isolation. I’ve been using this switch for a few months as you may have seen in other videos. No issues what so ever and I’m quite happy with it so far. Check out my blog where I have posted all the speed and distance results so you can get a better look. Thanks for letting me share my experience with this switch.

[larrypresnell]

I just bought one! It would work sometime, then abruptly cut off! Got it in box to send back!

[captainrick]

Great product and value Reviewed by an Awesome guy! Thanks for sharing!

[alonzosmith]

The price seems "to good to be true", great features, thank you for the video,

Great review. Wish they were all as good as yours !

[gamlieltech]

Please how does the two uplink port function?
Bonding or failover

[volpswagen_marco]

Question. I have one of my POE cameras connected to a Moker switch. The rest are connected to my NVR. When viewing live footage directly from my NVR or from my camera app, that one camera is really choppy. If I watch that switched camera from its manufacture’s own app, the feed is smooth. I’ve played with settings without success in getting rid of the choppiness. Do you have any idea what can be causing this?
The Ethernet wire from the camera to the switch is not more than 20 feet.

[nathansampson]

Damn good video like seriously you answered the question what does POE stands for That's really interesting so I can use to hook up some surveillance cameras around my dad's place and also put up some smart jacks in the house 🤔🏡 interesting

[GooogleGoglee]

Is it better than the "YuanLey 8 Port PoE Switch, 2 Uplink Gigabit Ethernet, 1 SFP, 120W"
Which one do you prefer?

[wesley]

2:46 what madel is this? I have a POE-G083GS and it says port speeds are 10/100/1000mdps

[andyrauc]

Hi. I am finding my UniFi AP's are seeing each other as LLDP neighbors, due to which I are facing an issue with the topology. Basically they are wifi meshing even although each access point is hard wired off this switch. Is there any way this can be resolved?

[dimitar]

Excellent review, subscribe well earned!

[antoniocerasuolo]

important simple question is this model wall mountable?

[fethiam]

Très bonne explication...
Merci pour votre partage d'expérience 🙋

[jeffkluth]

Great review thanks. So I want to run a couple of camera about 750’ from this unit. Is it safe to assume that I can hook up a POE extender 550’ from this unit and then run another 250’ from my POE extender? Thanks

[GooogleGoglee]

In your tests do you think you can get similar results using a cat5e?

[paulgross]

I love your videos but I am confused about the port speed needed. I want to add 6 cameras for my home security set up connected to a Synology disk station that I already own and use for backups and entertainment. Do I only need 10/100Mbps ports for the cameras vs. gigabit Poe ports?

[mpxz]

Would you still recommend this PoE switch?
I'm planning for 6-8x Reolink PoE cameras (have yet to decide between the 500 and 800 series).
The Unifi switches seem to be the most common when searching for my answer on Reddit and the like, but at 5x to 10x the price of this unit :(

[francescogiuriato]

Ok .. what if the NVR is not in the home network? you should bring a cable from the modem to the NVR.
Thanks

[francescogiuriato]

Good evening, I wanted to bury one last thing: if I connect all the cameras to the swithc poe (connected to the enthernet cable) and the swithc I connect it to the video recorder nvr, the nvr is already connected to the wifi network or you need to connect another cable enthernet that goes from modem to nvr?
Thank you goodbye

[joerodriguez]

I have to ask this question. I'm getting ready to setup a Blue Iris Server and I have 2 Hikvision Ip cameras model Hnc328TD, HNC322MB and WiFi attached to a Hikvision NVR. I tried using a netgear GS208 and a Linksys LGS108 and the camera would no show up. I just watched another Youtube video that said the POE for Hikvision Camera's was 48volts.
I know you have Hikvision Camera's which POE 8 port Switch would you recommend??? Cost Effective, Please
Thanks
Joe