BN-PE905G is a good little baby switch so far. I bought it to use with my Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC Pro and it has worked perfectly so far. It is really small physically compared to other 5 port switches I have had in the past. The metal casing is sleek looking and it comes with mounting brackets so that is a nice bonus. Its fairly low cost compared to other 5 port gigabit POE switches but it feels really high quality. It also has a higher amount of max power than I have seen in other switches this size.
I only have two very small complaints. The first one is that the power cable is on the side. Again super small but not ideal for my situation. The second is that certain parts of the website are broken. Again super small complaints and not worth docking any stars for.
I am using this to feed network and power to two POE IP cameras and an access point. The form factor is small and sleek and seems very solid (all metal). Supporting POE IEEE 802.3af/at, it supplies up to 30 Watts per port (96W max), which is great if you need to run multiple POE devices and don't want any shortchanged! So far, I'm very impressed. My only wish (which mirrors another reviewer) is that the power cord attached in the back instead of the side.
I purchased this high power POE switch for an industrial project where I am powering 4 of Flir AX8 IR cameras.
This switch works so good that we purchase it again for a duplicate project. It is a solid switch and is on the factory floor around industrial EMI noise without any issue.
Not much to say - the price is amazing for the features it gives you. Very high overall power budget, extremely compact, quiet, and seamless to install (gotta love that "just works" experience).
Wasn't sure what I was going to get from a relatively-unknown brand with no reviews I could find outside amazon for the switch, but so far the experience is great :)
I haven't had this for too long, so my experience might change in the future, and I will update this review then. For now, though, this is an excellent product, which does exactly what I need.
Reasonably priced with a higher power budget than similar units. Worked great right out of the box, as it should have.
Feature Product
- Gigabit Speeds - 10x the speed of Fast Ethernet
- PoE Compatible - Connect up to 4 PoE devices
- No configuration required
- Extremely Quiet
- Compact Size
Description
Brash Networks BN-PE905G 5-Port High Power 802.3at Power Over Ethernet POE Gigabit 100/1000 Switch
inexpensive unmanned 802.3at switch. Using it to provide power to a CCTV remote camera that requires more than 15.4w of power.
AAA+++
I got the Brash Networks 5-Port POE switch for a security camera application.
My security cameras are POE enabled and I have four of them, making this an ideally sized solution for my needs.
You get a 96W power budget which is enough for powering 4 cams. The switch has gigabit throughput on each port.
The switch is small and unobtrusive. It works well for my application and was exactly what I needed. The housing is metal and sturdy and lacks that "hiss" that some switches have when Tx/Rx data. I was unfamiliar with Brash Networks prior to receiving this item but so far I am impressed with their offering. This is a no-config unmanaged setup which is literally plug and play.
Overall - perfect for a security cam install where you have four cams. I would recommend it.
The most basic switches out there are under $10. The highest end, business class switches are in the thousands (heck, some are probably in the tens of thousands). This switch is an excellent balance of all the best features most users will want without adding things that will add significantly to the price.
What you don't get (Limitations):
* The biggest limitation is ports. Considering the fact that one of the 5 ports is an uplink, you really only get to add 4 devices to your network with this. While that would be horribly limiting for a business class switch, it is plenty for many scenarios out there, including my own--I have a cluster of PoE security cameras that are far from the main switch and I needed a relay in the middle.
* Unmanaged. If you don't know what this means, you don't want it, anyway--it just takes a plug-n-play setup and adds features you have to configure to use(VLAN trunks, QoS and data shaping, etc.). Note that with such few ports, I don't see a lot of benefit in it, anyway.
* Redundant power supplies
What you do get:
* Many PoE switches, particularly ones that are low cost such as this is, don't budget enough power so while they say they have x number of ports and that they support 802.3af (which is supposed to deliver up to about 15 watts per port) or even 802.3at (which is rated at about 25 watts), unless you are using very low-draw devices, you can't use more than 1/2 or even 1/3 of the ports because there just isn't enough juice to go around. This switch provides an average of 24 watts per port which means in theory, it can run all 4 ports at almost the maximum power draw. Unfortunately, I don't have 4 devices that pull the maximum 24-25 watts each, so I can't test this out and say for sure that it works, but since most devices come in under that number, 99% of users should have everything their hearts desire as far as power goes.
* Gigabit speeds. While gigabit is the default in the non PoE world, for some reason, it's a feature you often pay a small premium for on powered switches. It's worth it. This has it.
* Passive/Silent cooling - while many business class switches have a built in fan (which can be quite loud), the metal casing and external power supply combine to allow the device to run cool enough to not need it. For businesses, I suspect this is a non issue. For me, it's a big deal.
* Small form factor: I'm not putting this in a rack, so I don't want it to have a huge footprint. This is small and discreet.
BOTTOM LINE:
As an easy to use, low cost switch with some high-end features, this can be a great choice for home and SOHO users.
Super compact little switch. Most PoE switches that are 8-port only power 4 of them anyways, this is technically 5 ports, but with one uplink, and then 4 PoE based ports. This also does both at/af (15, 25 watts respectively). A lot of newer access points and devices are moving to AT standard, so this is nice to have the power available. You get a total of 96 watts available to all 4 ports, so potentially if all 4 are pulling the max (highly unlikely especially at the same time) you could get in trouble, but you should be able to handle almost anything, which is great.
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