Unifi Switch Enterprise 24 POE

In this video we take alook at the new Unifi Switch Enterprise 24 POE . This switch is designed for WIFI 6 and has 12 ports that are 2.5gb POE+

Monoprice slim Cat 6a (make sure to choose the correct size I use .5feet)

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◼️Timestamps
Intro 0:00
Looking what comes inside the box 0:44
Testing switch noise 2:56
Switch specs 3:26
Racking the Enterprise 24 POE 4:53
Looking at switch setting 7:36
Final thoughts 12:04

[Sevenfeet]

When I first say this product, my first impression was that it was mainly designed for Wifi 6 APs in a medium sized to large venue. But then I thought about it for a bit. While Wifi 6 certainly can exceed gigabit Ethernet in theory, how many Wifi routers or APs are on the market that have multi-gig Ethernet connections? TP-Link has one model (EAP660HD) an Netgear has a couple of their high end routers that do multi-gig. Comcast's XB-7 wifi gateway does 2.5gb/sec as well. But a single Wifi 6 connection often isn't capable of exceeding gigabit speeds as evidenced by my wife's iPhone 12 standing a few feet away from my Netgear RAX80 Wifi 6 router....no more than 400 gb/sec. The need for multi-gig is usually for multiple connections operating simultaneously. I think multi-gig in Wifi 6 really becomes a thing when Wifi 6e hits the market later this year. But then it will take another 2+ years to get enough devices to take advantage of those speeds. The real reason to make this product right now is for corporate offices that have a need for multi-gig Ethernet but don't want to rip out the existing Cat 5e wiring for Cat 6/7. 2.5 gb Ethernet can live on Cat 5e just fine. This reminds me of a project I did for a large medical practice over five years ago. One of the design goals was to increase network speeds so we contracted with a local fiber provider to do symmetrical gigabit fiber for the main office and the other satellite offices. This was necessary because of the number of large radiology scans being done every day. if we were doing that today, 2.5 gb Ethernet is a nice upgrade without breaking the bank. Faster fiber to the office is a more affordable thing now, and the computers in the medical lanes and servers that need faster speeds could be easily upgraded with 2.5 gb ethernet cards. Again, you could do 10 gb Ethernet and you may want to do it anyway for servers. But buying 10 gb Ethernet for every place that needs it would be more expensive (about $30 vs $95) and then there's the issue of wiring, more expensive switches, etc.

[alonzosmith]

Nice, after I am retiring all my Unifi gear.

[jmpage]

I appreciate you taking the time to go over this but I feel some key questions I have were not answered.

This is a layer-3 switch but I don't see where you went into the layer-3 setup.

I also don't see where trunking setup is configured, such as if this switch will be trunked to another with multiple vlans in use.

I'm interested in purchasing one of these to use as a replacement for my aging layer-2 HP Procurve switch which is the heart of my home network. I have a Unifi controller and Unifi Access Points, and use multiple VLANs to identify the different SSIDs in my network.

I would also be using the switch to build up a layer-3 routed network for some VM networking I will be testing, so I would need the ability to put multiple VLANs on a single port to handle a trunk connection from my ESXi host.

[COIRONA]

Is the enterprise worth switching for 2.5gb and not have POE++?

[Bawlk]

All well and good to have 2.5Gb for WiFi 6 but Unifi APs don't support 2.5Gb

[BruhMan_]

I really wish they could make they're lesser featured 24 poe switch in this layout instead of their current one.

[Woodworking]

Good vid, looking forward to others similar. I’m building a home and can’t decide if I should go with this switch or the 24 pro you replaced. The small delta in price seems like a no brainer.

[sarabanrivers]

do you mind doing a noise test with sound tester and Arduino Science Journal app, is there any difference in noise capture?

[rohrbold]

Thanks for the review, didn‘t know about this switch so far. I also prefer the design where all ports are spread across the entire width of the switch.
I still wish to be able to configure ports to turn PoE off per schedule, e.g. at night, in order to save energy.

[Whaler_]

I really like the their switches, but just wish they supported a true enterprise feature, stacking.

[Walterz]

I really like the look in that switch the only one thing I would change is put the lights under the port as people put there patch panels above the switch other then that all switches in the future should be ran in a single line of ports not in twos

[realzeti]

Thank you for sharing this new switch with us. I'm evaluating the purchase of this switch and I'm wondering if you have an update on performance (etc.) since you had the switch for a while now.
Thank you

[Mr_nah]

What is the idle power consumption with no poe devices connected?

[midwestiowashooter]

Thinking of making this my main home switch since most of the cabling is Cat5e. The POE would power all the APs, Flex Minis in each room, and a few PCs with 2.5gb NICS.

[memilesb]

Were you temped by the 48 port pro POE+?

[rjdp]

nice work... but mid video I notice that I was loking for a video of USW-EnterpriseXG-24

[jheroenb]

Hi Cody, when you own a US-24-250W can you copy the config to this one? Other: i make use of a wired patchpanel (no keystones), if i want to go to this switch i can redo the patch panels to keystones or rewire them into 1 panel. Switching from one to the other switch can't be as simply plug cables in some ports right? Each cable has a specific port to work on (with) in the existing setup?

[buldozzer]

I like unifi, but a enterprise switch that not even supports per port STP cost or stacking?

[gadget]

Great video.
Just a thought. I’ve been building and working with server and network racks for more than a few years. I know that servers are much heavier than this network gear. But you seem to be breaking one of the basic rules of building a rack: put most of the weight near the bottom. Top heavy racks fall over far too easily. With the cost of the equipment that can get pretty expensive if it breaks. The risk to personnel is even greater.
I get it. It is easier to access the stuff higher up.
So, here’s a trick I have used. A little kludgy. But it works. Find a 25 pound plate (weight requirement will vary depending on weight and distribution of components in the rack - experiment a bit) from a weight lifting set. You can find them for anywhere from 16 to 40 dollars US. Put the weight in the bottom of the rack. Tape it down with gaffer’s tape (not duct tape - you’ll thank me for that tip, I’m sure). And there you go. If you’ve selected the right amount of weight to balance your rack, it will be much more stable.
Note: if you have heavy equipment near the top of the rack, this trick cannot work. Also, this is for racks on wheels. If you mount your rack to the wall, weight distribution is much less critical. But you didn’t call this out in your video (at least that I noticed - please accept my apology if you did cover it and I missed it). So, people who follow your directions and are using a wheeled rack could have problems if they aren’t aware.

[nextdayu]

Hello Brother, What is the difference between UniFi Switch and EdgeSwitch???