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A look at the USW-Flex from Ubiquiti Networks - a 5 port, Layer 2 switch with 1 PoE in (802.3af/at/bt) and 4 PoE out ports.
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That was the best explanation of all the different POE standards I’ve seen yet. I think the fact that you struggled a little bit and had some trial and error in there made it clear / memorable. Thank you.
I always prefer Chris's explanations. He's a fellow guitarist so I trust him 😆
4 years later. Came here to say this. The POE explanation was immensely helpful.
I've got a difficult run into the back yard that currently has an AP-AC-Mesh on it. Adding one of these would let me also add a couple G3-Flex cams without crawling to that tight attic corner again. Hundred bucks versus getting all dirty and sweaty for an hour or so of swearing again.
These little switches are awesome for in-room wired POE distribution when you only have one wired (POE) up link (e.g. multiple phones, phone and AP, etc. etc.). Also, regarding the comment about 24V passive...while Chris is absolutely correct that these switches do not output 24V passive, this is very easily adapted for by simply placing an instant 802.3af (accessory sold from Ubiquiti...they make indoor and outdoor varieties) inline with the output from the USW-Flex. Thee switches then afford you all the configurability available in unify...including 802.1x security, all the VLAN port profiles, etc. Again, this little thing...for $99 bucks is awesome!!!
Thank you Chris for this review! I was searching for a small switch to power an exterior video intercom and the interior monitor (which require 802.3af) without additional power supplies in that area and this seems to be the winner :) I was a little disappointed that the nano switch didn't have a version with 802.3af but now I'm happy :D
I used one this week. It's a great product. I've installed it outside on its own under a balcony on a cliff. Here in Lands End Cornwall. I will silicone the gaps though. Both from cables and the bracket but what a nice product.
One thing no one has mentioned is the switch has a extended operating temperature, -40 - 149F at 25 W. I bought one to run in my attic. It is connected and powering two AC-Pros. The flex is powered from a SW-8 150w. Have had no issues
I picked up a couple for the same use case in my attic. Fewer cables to run into the office when using these as little distribution switches to different parts of the house. Very pleased with this switch.
@@jdillinger2307 Great point...might use for garage which will have seasonal temp swings.
The G4 Pro consumes12.5 watts, the Nano HD 10, you went slightly above the 20W maximum there!
Precisely what I thought
Been running one of these for a while now, it's a nice little switch. Was using it as a desktop switch in my office, but have it powered by BT power and had a nanohd, and 2 g3flexs hooked up and running with no issue. Currently installed in my attic powering an AP and g3 flex
Thanks a ton for a great and informative review/explanation of a lot of terminology and a nifty little managed switch. I just purchased a new suite of Ubiquiti products and your review was helpful.
Love all your videos Chris, they are awesome and are my go-to place for Ubiquity products before I buy new models, thanks!!
Thanks Chris, buying one tonight for a client. Currently using a USW-8-60W, but in hot Maryland summers the location where the switch is placed is just too hot. With a higher operating temperature of 20+ degrees fahrenheit depending on POE output, hopefully this little switch does the trick.
Great video! Thanks for all of the information! I’ll buy it! Greets from The Netherlands!
Good review, thanks. The docs say that use of an injector such as the POE-50-60W need to be configured in the controller. Does this mean you have to power it via regular 802.3af/at first so you can configure it for the injector?
3:33 I have beed waiting for that since the beginning of the video
Thanks for the video! I have a nano switch and was hoping they'd come out with one of these. A bit disappointing that it requires 802.3bt to power more than 2 devices, but it makes sense.
Just to be 100% clear, it absolutely does not require BT to power "2" devices. I have a standard AF POE connection as the power/uplink and it powers three POE Sangoma IP telephones with no problem at all. the point is the power available with AF power is 15W total for the remaining 4 ports (minus a little for the switch itself)...and with an AT uplink you could easily power a couple cameras and phones etc. I have had these switches now since the day they made it out of the beta store...they are AWESOME (and I don't have a single one of them BT powered)!!!
This switch would be a good switch to put up in the attic for cameras pointed around the house! You wouldn't have to run power and install outlets, just run the ethernet cable and plug it all in. You could also plug in a nano station or two on the roof! All depending on poe power budgets of course.
Another excellent video, Chris. Thank you. I wish I would have watched this video before spending 4 (angry) hours trying to figure out why all my devices kept shutting off hahahah.
Sounds like an alternative to the EP-R6 that I use as pole "switch" at the moment.
Especialy with "normal" PoE supported and newer Devices use less "24V Passiv" PoE.
I'm also using US-8 Switches in my IT workshop at work, if at a spot more ports are needed, just drop a switch. It's verry helpfull, because one device could have it's own switch, yea... Firewall setup & testing with multible ports configured or multi port server and they need more then one physical port to handle the production load later.
Super helpful video, thank you.
I found, that in order to have the full 46W of power budget, when powered by a PoE, like the 50v-60W, PoE mode has to be enabled in the device menu. But this menu doesn't show in the new web interface. Classic view must be enabled to show the PoE option.
Great info and explanations, thank you
Great video I purchased one to power my 4 Flex mini cameras power coming from a EdgeSwitch 48/750 out to the USW-Flex
Good overview of the switch. I was wondering, if I get a POE-54-80W injector, could I power the switch that way? I have a US-8-60W switch mounted on the wall feeding my AP's, and i'd like to add in some UniFi cameras. I was thinking the USW-Flex, with a POE-54-80W injector, then should be able to connect 3 G3 Pro's?
Be interesting to see what power draw reports in Unifi for the USW-Flex (on your small and large POE switch), as well as the end devices on the USW-Flex. Plugging the devices in one by one would quickly let you determine if they pull too much when added up.
Ordered 3 of these last week. Came in yesterday. Hooked up 2 of them and they are awesome little switches. Only issue is that they do not show the Switch Experience in the Unifi Controller. Is this something that eventually shows up? Or do I not have enough traffic going through to create this metric?
Great info on the switch itself but could you elaborate on adding the power injector and using the flex utility. Since the power injector burns a port, guessing the POE line coming in from the main switch negotiates to kill power just use the POE injector? Also reduces the number of usable ports to 4.
Dear Chris what kind of feature you installed on the g3 camera shown here??? I would lime to buy one
Does is support LLDP-MED for assigning phones to a voice VLAN and allowing the pass through port to be on a different one?
I have been using a cheap amazon switch that is similar. I may switch it out for this.
Hi,
how warm is the USW-Flex, as warm as the 8-60 / 8-150 switch ?
Greetings Kai / Germany
I have a 10x14 workshop that requires a little over 150ft of Ethernet cable to go from the rack out to the workshop. This switch helps me run my G3 flex camera, my smartTV and my desktop with one cable run instead of multiple cable runs.
How does it show up in Topology Map?
I assume it displays proper structure, unlike the Nano Switch or an AP-IW
It displays the proper structure, it's a great switch. So much more capable than the Nanoswitch. It even shows the proper structure if you daisychain two of them, the first powered by 802.3at, bt, or the PoE injector and the second powered by 802.3af out of the first one. Just go to the second Flex's config and change the "Power Source" from "Use device settings" to 802.3af.
Super good review. I'm going to get this one make a mist ake with one of the switches before.
Nice! Is protected port an option? Like as in the port isolation feature on Cisco switches. (Not the mac limitation)
Not available as of yet for this particular model of switch.
Can this be used to power 3 unifi G4 pro cameras
I am buying a new house and I am planning on using two of these to power a combination of cameras and access points. I will be using the 8 port, 150 watt switch as my core switch, with these ran off of that. On one I am planning on installing 3 G3 Flex cameras; and the other will have 2 G3 Flex cameras and 1 Flex HD access point. Running both off of 802.3at should give me plenty of power for those devices, looking at about 12 watts on one and 18.5 watts on the other. Unfortunately, that only leaves me room for expansion on one of the switches, unless I decide to power one or both off an 802.3bt PoE injector.
Can it be used as a dumb switch (without any other Ubiquity devices) to powering up other PoE devices?
Thank you.
Hi, I am not expecting a reply but at 10:05 in the video, I saw your housing for the G3 camera. Just wondering where you got it from? Looks to be good for theft protection
A note, I'm powering mine with a Unifi 24port 250W switch. I've got about a 100foot run to the Flex powered via 802.3at and then all my devices are anywhere from 15 to 30 feet of wire to cameras. I attempted to power 4 cameras on this, and it works fine during the day, but I continuously got dropouts at night when the IR lights started powering up. Cameras were drawing roughly 3 watts during the day, and 7-8 at night. Surprisingly the flex chose the same port to cut power to, or maybe just by design it just so happened to loose power on the same port, but it was always port 4. I reconfigured today, and thus far through the night, all 3 cameras are going strong. Still a handy device.
From USW-Flex datasheet:
Total PoE Power Budget
when...
- Powered by 802.3af
: 8W
- Powered by 802.3at
: 20W
- Powered by 802.3bt
: 46W
- Powered by POE-50-60W PoE Adapter:
46W (Enabled in Controller)
dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/USW-Flex_DS.pdf
Greet video. I’d buy one to power 2 cameras outside. Possibly use it to power a outdoor raspberry Pi with poe hat. Maybe provide power to my cisco phone in my bedroom from the main switch. So I have 3 use cases lol. I need 2 lol
Can it be use as a unmanaged switch for other devices/brand? (power supply not an issue)
My plan is to connect this to my LAN via an Asus router, is it safe to connect it right away or do I need to change one of the ports to not supply power first?
can this power 3 g3 flex cams via POE af/AT?
how if each cable length more than 10 meters, did it still powered
Great video.
Good day Chris I have a question is the device capable as a modem , so can I connect my incoming Isp broadband cable direct to this swich flex
Thank you
It is a switch, not a modem.
This would be great as an alternative to the Switch 8 60W for an install I just did at church. We have a limited number of runs of what appears to be Cat 5 cable in a building where it is either brick walls or lath and plaster, so running additional cables is cost-prohibitive, making a switch like this a very attractive alternative in terms of installation speed.
Why would you choose one over the other? If anything, the Switch 8 60W seems to be the more versatile switch and the price is practically the same.
@@brois841 This is POE powered, the Switch 8 60W requires external power. There are some places where network cables are a significant distance from power.
@@rudolphbeschererjr I thought the Switch 8 also had the ability to be powered via Port 1?
@@brois841 The Switch 8, yes, with only one POE passthrough output. The Switch 8 60W needs external power. The Switch Flex has one POE input and 4 POE outputs up to a combined 46W.
@@rudolphbeschererjr glad I asked, I misread the spec sheet, but just double checked and you're right. Good call! :)
I'm just curious of what poe injector to get to power this for multiple nanostations?
Is it possible to customise ports to passive etc?
I have a USW 16 port Switch which handles 802.3at, I want to get this switch as I have a G4 pro in my backyard but also want to add the floodlight. I saw how the flex did not power on the camera and another device. Do you think the flex can power the camera plus the floodlight?
Any word on unifi ax products?
Can I power it with PoE injector 48V-24W, then connect it to UniFi Switch US-8-60W? just need three extra ports for my cameras? can someone help please..
I’m looking for a out door ubiquiti poe switch to power 2 Reolink ptz security cameras and a gigabeam. Any suggestions for the best fit?
I saw in the video that it doesn't have link aggregation available. Is that true? What about pole mounted APs with multiple interfaces that can be maximized with LAG?
Just checked mine, and confirmed... no LAG support.
Kinda new to this so this might be a silly question.. can I power the switch with a poe injector then connect my ap to the switch?
Can you connect non-POE devices such as the hub of alarm system that doesn't need POE but only data? I require one of these as I have one cable and need to power a camera and secondly need data connectivity for the alarm system
yes, you can connect non-PoE devices. This is true of every PoE switch I have ever used.
I found a device that converts two 802.3at ports to one 802.3bt port (actually acts like an injector), you then switch the USW-Flex to “injector” mode (in general settings), and you have the full 45W output (it’s actually 45W not 46W).
So you can use two POE+ ports to power this (via one cable). I’m using it to power a UAP-FlexHD and a PTZ camera in the back garden, with my existing USW-POE24-250.
Can you share a product name or link?
@@lucroy Sure, it's this www.tycononline.com/8023at-to-4-Pair-60W-GigE-Converter_p_308.html
So I have a 250M distance I need to run between two buildings. Bldgs are currently connected via a WIFI bridge. I want to convert to a wired connection. I have a US-8-150 switch in both buildings. I am considering buying two USW-Flex devices and powering them from each respective switch and then connecting them with CAT6 cable, no cable run longer than 100M. Probably hook a G3 camera or two along the way. Thoughts on this working?
You need to manually enable the POE adapter mode in the settings page in order to use all POE OUT ports, otherwise the device will keep rebooting
Can U connect tv and desktop to this switch????. I have access point lite to be powered as well
If I already have non-Ubiquity (Amcrest) cameras, will they be compatible with the Ubiquity PoE switches?
Btw nice balisong chris,😁😁
Great video. I just added a USW-FLEX to my Ubiquiti installation at home. I'm using it as a switch to run a planned 3 or 4 G3 Flex cameras in and around our chicken coop. I ran one buried Cat 6 cable out to the coop and was waiting for something like the Flex to handle switching and POE distribution to the cameras. This fits the bill. If I end up with using only 3 cameras, I'll use the last port for a AC Pro access point to provide better coverage to the back yard.
Finally! Perfect to mount 3 UVC-Flex on a pole at 120 degrees but im a bit afraid of the lack of power of that switch. But Anyway you cannot have more power at the output than the input. I had the same issue with the nano-switch trying to power a na notation m5 and a uvc-flex and the flex only started when I power-cycle the nanostation. Lack of power a bit.
What power supply do you use for power the NanoSwitch? How long is the cable? I had the same problem. On my workbench it worked good powering G3-AF and UAP-AC-Mesh with 24V passive from US-16-150W with half meter cable, but when i installed it with 65 meter long cable, only the G3 camera was running. It helped me using Mikrotik RBGPOE-CON-HP near the NanoSwitch and power it with 802.3at from the switch. Now it is working perfectly fine. Unifi Switches can't supply enough power in 24V passive mode.
@@vlcekmlcek3393 around 150feets of cat6 23AWG powered by unifi 16 ports POE switch 24v passive
I wish there was a way to power up the UAP AC M PRO
According to Ubiquiti, it's IP55
I'm currently powering 2 Dahua 4K POE Turret cameras from the USW-FLEX, which is currently connected to my US-8-150 Switch. For future expansion, I purchased a Ubiquiti POE-54V-80W Passive injector for more power. The Ubiquiti POE-54V-60W Passive Injector would also suffice. Something to keep in mind is that Ubiquiti states on their forums that the USW-FLEX requires 15W of power overhead to be available at all times, otherwise it will cause devices to not power or to reboot repeatedly, therefore, a 60W Injector at a minimum is needed to get the full power budget of 45W. So always power with 802.3 AT, BT, or the above mentioned injectors to provide enough power. To use a PoE Injector, you will need to set the following:
Per UI-ShermanHsu: "The power source setting (is supported) on FW 4.0.31 and Controller 5.11.19 and later
.
From Controller 5.11.29+ the Power Source setting is under Config->General ->
(Choose PoE Injector)
From Controller 5.11.19 the Power Source setting is under Config->Services
-> (Choose PoE Injector)
Before UniFi 5.11.19 the following SSH commands you need to run to change the power source to PoE injector.
echo "switch.power_source.status=enabled" >> /tmp/system.cfg
echo "switch.power_source.mode=poe-injector" >> /tmp/system.cfg
syswrapper.sh apply-config
When powered USW-Flex by PoE-Injector, please set power source to PoE-Injector to get full power budget 45W."
I love the USW-FLEX and plan on picking up two more ASAP. It's great for multiple cameras with a single Ethernet run (though I almost always run two as a CYA).
I was going to say it says BT on the site but good to know it can startup with AT/AF as well even though power would be a lot less. Also didn't realize UB made a larger POE injector. A LOT Cheaper than some of the BT injectors i have been finding all over which cost more than the Flex here. How well does it run on the US-8-150 with those two cameras? Our vendor has both HikVision and Dahua unbranded that we are re-sellers though and we mainly get Dahua/Sibell as they tend to be more compatible with each other VS HikVision. Just got done doing a massive 70K quote for a community and 4K Camera PoE turret cameras that are Dahua (unbranded) and plan on using all Ubiquiti for everything so that any camera outage be tracked in a heart beat. Very large WiFi area using Prisms and what not with 30 stations of 2 cameras. Was going to use the US-8-60 as it is the two cameras, a Loco station, and the switch, and there won't be any adding on. The flex looks to big to put in the enclosure i am using though and it only like 6 bucks cheaper, but the being able to put multiple IP where only one was before with this will come in very handy down the road.
I've been running 3 Flexes on 60watt injectors and they have been Rock solid. I replaced nanoswitches that were also Rock solid, but wanted the additional port.
@@drtweak87 It's cheaper because it is passive and does not negotiate power, so you have to be a bit more careful about plugging in the POE-54V-80W or 60W version. All 4 pairs carry power on this model, just like the BT standard. The switch itself isn't that big and if you leave the bottom shroud off, since it will be in an enclosure, it shouldn't be too tight, but could you consider a slightly larger enclosure if necessary?
Looks nice, but in Germany not avaible before January 2020 :(
Which is the correct PoE Injector for Fullpower?
I need this Switch for my Garage :)
But have to wait till 2020... :(
Check-out the mikrotik powerbox pro (5 x gbit) or powerbox (5 x 10/100) if you need something similar now.
Poe 50-60W
If you really want it maybe Crosstalk will ship you one?
How do you know about the avaiability in January 2020? Also waiting for this...
@@robertslootjes www.omg.de/ubiquiti-networks/unifi/unifi-switch/ubiquiti-unifi-switch-flex-usw-flex/a-21205/
Weird flex but okay...
Great video, thanks!
This looks like a good option to put in the attic to power some cameras.
Why......do you have cameras in your attic? Nevermind...I don't wanna know.
@@CrosstalkSolutions Ha..no, to put cameras within the eaves and feed the cabling through the attic.
Exactly how I used mine. With one cable from my office to the attic, I was able to feed 3 cameras, 2 APs and another downstream USW Flex when powered with one 802.3bt uplink.
Dows it work with NON Ubiquity POE equipment? for example a POE splitter or poe ip cam made by another manufacture? Basically is it locked down to only power up Ubiquity equipment? Thank you!
Not locked down - any 802.3af device can be powered by this switch.
@@CrosstalkSolutions Awesome! ordering now :) Have a great one!
do I need any fancy ubiquity stuff to get this working or can it work out the box ?
Should work fine just not all the features
I know I am very late to this post, but our Yealink devices can use up to 17w of PoE budget, so even by itself on 802.11af it would be expected to have issues. On AT, it would hardly be able to operate with another device on the switch simultaneously. IP Phones are not a great thing to try to use with these low PoE budget switches as they use far more power than a typical PoE device would such as an AP or simple IP cameras. The Professional series of Unifi cameras though, like the G4 Pro in this video are also heavy PoE users as well, which is likely why it did not like the lack of power available even on AT.
Dont unifi sell a poe injector for this at all? To get the max power performance for this kit?
Yes, they do
@@jdillinger2307 What injector can we use?
bingram69 I used the POE-54V-80W, after attaching to the injector, be sure to set the power method accordingly in the device settings to allow for full power delivery to downstream devices
So if I have a USW-24-PoE Switch I can power this UniFi Acces Hub with a PoE injector (EdgePoint PoE Injector, 54V 80W) with no issues? I'd rather not have to buy a pro model switch for this UniFi Access Hub
*** I HAVE A VIDEO REQUEST PLEASE ***
Hi Chris,
I found this product extremely disappointing considering that it only offers a crummy 20w of power when plugged up to an AT switch like the US-8-150W, which can supply 150w of power and is capable of powering up to 12 x G3 Pro Camera's which use 12.5w of power each. But this crummy USW-Flex extender only allows 1 x G3 Pro Camera to be powered by it (12.5W) as the USW-Flex maxes out at 20W on AT Switches.
That is until I discovered the '50V/60W POE Injector' you spoke of which would boost the USW-Flex's power up to 46W meaning it could power up to 3 x G3 Pro's
The POE Injectors only cost $30 here in Australia... I'm sure someone like you would maybe have 3 cameras lying around that could suck at least 12.5W of power each out of the USW-Flex??
Here is the data-sheet for the POE Injectors: dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/poe/PoE_Adapters_DS.pdf
Before I make the decision to buy the USW-Flex if you could do another review video on it covering the below 3 things that would be MASSIVELY APPRECIATED:
1. Power up the USW-Flex via a '50V/60W POE Injector'
2. Connect the '50V/60W POE Injector' up to an AT powered switch such as the 'US-8-150W'
3. Connect 3 x Cameras to the USW-Flex which will suck at least 12.5w of power each out of it (I plan on connecting 3 x G3 Pro's up to it)
^ All the spec sheets state that my above plan will work but considering the failure you had in this video when using your AT powered switch, it'd be good to see a working example connecting at least 3 cameras to the USW-Flex without us having to upgrade to a BT Powered switch.
Thanks for your consideration & for your great work, I hope you can do another review video :)
Lord Bones - I wasn’t disappointed at all, remember that your 150w US-8-150W can’t supply more power to a single port than the supported PoE class. 802.3at (POE+) has a maximum of 25.5W per port, assuming some power loss in the cable and the power required to run the USW Flex switch itself, I’m impressed that 20W remains available to the downstream ports. Go 802.3bt (POE++) or use the power injector. By the numbers, It should support your use case. With the power injector, the US-8-150W will be irrelevant to the power budget.
I have a g3pro, g4pro, and 2-g3flex’s hooked up and working flawlessly. You have to make sure to go into the config setting for the switch and under the general tab manually change power source to POE injector. I spent an hour getting frustrated trying to get this to work...It’s clearly stated in the quick start guide...but who reads those right?!?
I wish I found this comment when trouble shooting my flexhd ap and 3g flex camera off the flex switch.... I powered the flex switch from the POE-50-60W(EU). and my AP kept rebooting, not adopting and all that fun. I finally figured that one needs to indeed enable the poe injector as power source. two warnings here... it seems to work without that setting but only with limited output power, and once enabled gives a 46W. and this setting is NOT in the mobile app which I was using on the ipad... you need to open the unifi network webapp in a browser where the setting can be found. the webui shows under the switch’s overview the poe consumption and budget. Once I figured this out, it worked just fine. 56days uptime without a glitch, with the flexhd ap, and 2 flex 3g cameras downstream.
The datasheet for the UVC-G3-AF says it uses 4 watts, so in theory I could connect and power 4 of these (total 16 w) with the switch being powered by 802.3at POE. Can anyone confirm this configuration?
I have 3 of these switches, when powered by AT (8p 150w) I am only able to power 2 G3-AF. There is a reserve budget I believe of 15 watts that the switch keeps but that behavior may have changed since I was doing this back in beta. I currently use 60watt injector and have 3 G3-AF and 1 G3-AF with IR extender on the USW Flex with no power issues day or night.
@@MooseTurder I need 3 G3-AFs powered. So maybe I'll have to get a bt injector. Or I can just try it first and buy one if I need it.
Hi Chris, can this be powered by a POE injector POE-50-60W-WH?
Yes I do that with this: www.dustinhome.se/product/5010978149/poe-50-60w
@@nerd_fathersons5468 Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it
what switches can output PoE BT?
USW-Pro-48-PoE, USW-Pro-24-PoE and USW-industrial
as told @ 07:49
Great review! Just got mine today. I was hoping the 802.3af POE injector that came with my FlexHD access point would be enough to power the USW Flex plus that AP but alas, no - same repeated reboot situation as you were seeing. Just ordered a 54v POE injector to use instead.
Got the injector and didn't think it was working at first, but then remembered I needed to go change the POE setting to "injector" on the switch. Working great now!
Website say it is ip55 -40 to 55+ Celsius
i like it, can se some use case where this would be handy, BUT!! it would be much more usable if they had made it correctly waterproof. and bug prof. i rely do not tryst "Weather proof" and that big hole for an outdoor deployment. so it would have to go inside an waterproof box for me.
I think it depends where you want to mount it. If it isn't directly exposed to the rain it shouldn't be a problem. Sealing something completely can actually also become a problem. For example if water from the trapped in air is condensaiting.
Actually disappointed in the power performance of the switch. I was looking to use these when they were released on a camera project I have coming up to reduce wire pulls, but now will go back to the original plan and pull one cable per camera. Or I could wait a bit longer for the USW-Pro-24 to be released.
Exact same thing here... Wanting to plug this up to my US-8-150W switch which runs on 802.3af/at (AT Mode) meaning it can only offer a max of 20w of power according to the USW-FLEX Spec Sheet. My Switch offers 150w of power which can easily power up my G3 Pro Cameras which use 12.5w of power each... I wanted to use this USW-Flex to reduce wirepulls all the way back to my switch, but this crummy device can only power up 1 of my cameras as it only offers a max of 20w??... Pretty weak considering my switch can handle 150w.
Option 1 - Run all those cables back to your switch
Option 2 - Upgrade to the USW-Industrial (BT) switch & sell your AT switch on eBay
Option 3 - Get a 2nd US-8-150W switch & locate that at the other end of your house meaning you only have to run 1 cable back to your main data cabinet
Option 4 - Relocate your existing US-8-150w switch closer to the center of your house & further away from your router meaning you can run just 1 ethernet cable to it
^ All options above suck really. If an AT powered switch can handle 150W of power, this USW-Flex is pretty disappointing to only accommodate for 20w of power
@@ajbones22 You act as if the US-8-150W can supply all 150W to 1 port - it can't, the Max. PoE+ (802.3at) Wattage per Port is 34W, of which the USW-Flex takes 5W just to operate without anything plugged into it, so you're only left with 29W.
as someone who has been looking in to PoE powered PoE out switches AF is NOT enough!!! THAT is why Netonix gear has it's own proprietary PoE so it's switches can run more than 1 AF device!! check out Netonix, there there stuff to daisy chain several 300ft runs.
We sell Netonix stuff all the time.
Chris its nema 3R so its raintite.
I wonder if this would work in the attic for some cameras?
I can confirm. I have a Dome and 2 G3 Bullets on it.
That's coming at out of a 16-Port USW.
They have an optional enclosure for it it is 50 dollars
Sadly the flex series of switches does not support link aggregation
Why does one of the wall hug pictures change mid film but nothing else does. 🤣🤣🤣
Paul Kirk it’s either a digital art frame or a Samsung frame tv.
Good catch, though, didn’t notice until you said something.
I Can't power up a nano station with it and I am using the powersuplly that comes in the USW-FLEX-UTILITY I need to connect to a lite Beam so I need to use airmax AP. Anyone know what I am missing?
Didn’t they already have a unit like this?
They have the NanoSwitch which is a 24V passive PoE version - similar, but different type of PoE.
I've replaced 3 of my 4 nanoswitches with this, and switched out the injectors to the 60 watt injectors. At the flex I'm able to get 1 additional active POE port, which enables me to plug in a non POE device into one of the ports. This was not possible with the nanoswitch since it was passive POE and was always pushing 24v down each port, which could be bad for a non 24v POE device.
No LLDP-MED or 802.1x
nice but i still waiting for 24 or 16 port switch which has 4 PoE ports. It's strange that Ubi still didn't present such a device. In most of my instalations i don't need so much PoE ports - most devices are normal PC's and even in the big office 4 AP are enough.
They also have an enclosure and POE injector for 50 bucks that provides the full power capability to the switch. We are going to use one to run a couple cameras remotely.
Yes, unfortunately there is no data in into the POE injector so you lose one port that would have provided the switch of power and data. So your nice flex switch loses one for power, and I suppose you then need to use one of the remaining ports as an uplink.
@@laurentkint3013 yes that’s correct, but my wireless uplink has a POE pass thru port on it so as long as the camera you’re powering is passive POE you don’t lose that port. The other option is to power it with a 802.3bt switch or Poe injector so you don’t lose a port to your Poe injector.
@@FoolOfATuque I will try to find a good poe 802.3bt injector with a data in port. I don't like the passive (non standard solution). I like using reolink camera"s. But I did buy both flex and utility. So I'll probably use it anyway. But to me it made sense to have a real POE injector in the box you could decide to mount in the house or outside of the house if power was available outside the house. Don't you think so?
@@laurentkint3013 yes I agree that it makes sense to include a POE injector with data pass through. I don’t know why they didn’t do that other than that it may make it more expensive. For me the use case fits though. We run it on a solar array in a remote location so it works good.
@@laurentkint3013 one quick tip once you get it setup make sure you set the power type in UniFi under devices. Otherwise it may not allow full power to your devices. I had to tell the switch I was using a POE injector. Otherwise it was booting my camera as soon as I hooked it up.
Useless if you buy the flex utility that only comes with the poe injector and we have to get separate poe injector to power up 2 more APs.
Got really excited by this for 5 minutes then the power issues killed my mood. I have a single ethernet to my attic powering an AP-AC Lite, and I wanted to add at least 1 if not 2 G3 cameras, but I have no power in the attic and no desire to run more ethernet, poe currently supplied by UniFi Switch 8 POE-60W. If any of you have ideas please comment, thanks.
If you use a power injector, instead of powering it from the switch, it should work. The power injector can sit beside your switch, so no additional power or extra ethernet required in the attic.
Buy POE-50-60W
Use a 54V PoE injector on the line to the attic.
Weird Flex
...but OK.
Ubiquity products suck Just plain junk wasted , money Never bought from a company that runs there customer support on chat can’t get anyone on the phone 👎🏼
It's a waste of a port. It should come with a proper power supply.
Nice Video. Can be used to power Cameras
It's mainly for use where there is no local power, but if you do need to run it from local power you can - just use a PoE injector supply.
You would need an uplink port in any case unless this is a standalone switch. I think this is a brilliant option for remote PoE distribution. If you have local power, perhaps this isn’t your use case and Ubiquiti have several other options to choose between.
Any remoandation for a 802.3bt Injektor?