Hi Cody, you may have done an update with another video on this, but these now come with a strain relief bar on the back. Just unpacked 1st of 2 for my 48 port Unifi switch.
None of the uses you mentioned (TV/entertainment/gameconsoles) need 2.5G connections. Very many people will be ok with the 1G connection of the regular Flex Mini, and investing in 2.5G is paying for an unnecessary premium feature.
It’s more of just an upgrade. I would buy this before the flex switch mini. This is good for connections from computer to nas or imaging software as well
He did demonstrate that aggregation (trunking) was not available. The option was there on a pull-down, but greyed out. I do wonder if the option becomes available if you limit the 2 you want to aggregate/trunk if you change the port speed to 1G or slower. This would be nice for a device with 2 1G ports, like a NAS, maybe?
@@GabeTetrault Trunks are for passing VLANS while link aggregation uses algorithms to load balance data on multiple links, so don’t mistake these two things
Finally have been asking for this for so long. But sadly I bought a alliexoress 2.5 GbE swirch already and actually already thinking kf going 10GBE now… why is ubiquiti always so fricking late with everything!!!!! Late with wifi 6, late wirh 2.5GbE late with wifi 7…..
I'm hoping Mikrotik will bring out a comparable switch to this soon. I moved away from Unifi a year ago and don't want a random Unifi device on my fully Mikrotik network, but I'm tempted
*immediately places order for 100 units* - for me, i dont see the point of it doing aggregation, 2 uplinks aggregated to provide 3 downlinks seems wasteful. Similar to the layer 3 stuff, you shouldnt be extending your routing to the desktop. But i go through so many Flex's and Flex minis already as it is, and now to have something around the same price that does 2.5g, this is going to be getting deployed everywhere
@MactelecomNetworks - I think you are correct in a number of points you made in this video. With that price and the features included, its going to be a larger seller for them. I understand that you said it does have one PoE port, but I assume that's a PoE Uplink port (in other words - the switch is using that port for powering itself). Is there a PoE out port for powering an IP Phone or something like that? Where I see this small switch making a BIG impact is under the desktop of each user - just as you said in this video. There is a lot of customers wired for 1GBps, but they now want 2.5GBps to the PC and perhaps one or two other devices. Where I see the large volume of sales coming from is customers who can use their existing cable from the Phone (PBX) Room to the desktop. They would plug this switch in, power the switch and take another port to their PC to run at 2.5GBps. A lot of customers out there have IP phones that are simple 10/100MBps or 1GBps, but they can't go beyond that because the IP phone won't allow 2.5GBps. Using this mini switch in that example, let's offices keep their IP phones, still get 2.5GBps to the desktop and do it for a very low price. The only question is, can you get PoE out of the mini switch to power the VoIP phone? I'm guessing not, but it really should have been thought about when designing that switch. It would be an extremely popular model to install, just as you said, as a desk switch for every employee. Excellent video as per usual!
Nice, what they dont say in the specs is the ports are 100/1000/2.5g they dont go down to 10. Doesn't sound like a problem in 2024 but some IoT devices only connect at 10mbps. I have to use an original Flex mini at home to get 3 of my IoT hubs working as they will not work on my USW-Enterprise-48-PoE (720W).
You called it. This switch is perfect for locations that just need a few more ports without POE. The limitations this device has are super low if you UNDERSTAND the target install. No SNMP, No Pro audio, and No L3 are fine.. The price still gives you a 5 port POE powered 2.5G managed switch. As soon as I got the email I brought one to add to a location with my PS5, Xbox, and TV location. This will allow me to run all three device at the maximum needed speeds.
I really want a 2.5gig switch with POE that isn’t $400. I have the UCG-Max and would love to ditched the POE injectors I am using. I’m def putting one of these in my entertainment consoles though.
Very likely, that's a feature that they're not gonna give for cheap I'm afraid, even if it costs probably nothing. It should say 802.1Q on the product page if it supported it. I learned that the hard way myself with the flex mini.
Oh, Cody... I logged into the store to buy a 10-pack of these, and boo, out of stock LOL This thing is absolutely the best 2.5G switch on the market for that price, WOW!!!!
I was wondering, At 2:11 when you block those networks except VOIP, what will happen when you later add another network? Won't that suddenly not be blocked anymore? Would "Allow" make for a better configuration, where you explicitly set which networks does have access instead, so that nothing changes if you later to changes to the number of networks, not having to update the profiles?
