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Unifi U7 Pro is PoE+ at 21W (so you can run two and your power budget is basically gone if you only have 50W Tp-link Omada EAP773 PoE+ at 23.4 W (802.3at decrease 6GHz Power) to 25.94 W (802.3bt, full functionality) ; You can run one of these. 50W power budget is almost useless for PoE+ or...

My guess is the good brands will not just do POE but go POE+ (802.3at) / POE++ (802.3bt) for their 2.5Gbe switches because WiFi 7 APs will likely all require POE+ at a minimum. This might explain why it is taking longer as POE+ and POE++ are not that common.

If you need a REAL and noticeable area it makes a difference I would probably point to current AAA game titles on Steam, or console that have multi GB patches DAY ONE and later large DLC packs.. This is one area where I have noticed having a very fast connection has made a big difference and...

- Consumers are about to get WiFi 7 which by and large can make use of greater than 1Gbit switches. - Consumers are already getting access to 1Gbit and higher fibre in some markets 10GBe gear is still much more expensive. - 2.5Gbit is in many cases more useful than 2x 1Gbe LACP connected NAS...

I am still in search of affordable 8+ 2.5Gbit ports and POE+ to run 3 POE+ APs and a few cameras. (I want something SMALL half width / wall mount) Less expensive than the Unifi USW-Enterprise-8-PoE (120W) or Qnap QSW-M2108R-2C. These are basically what I am looking for but a bit outside my...

Can't find it for sale yet but the SG2210XMP-M2 looks promising

Pro Max 24 and Enterprise 8 PoE aren't cheap but aren't that bad cost wise. Hopefully this drives down the price of some other existing options. Over all I like the QNAP ones but not the pricing.. and TP-link needs a physically smaller POE+ option.

Had to go back and check as I don't have any omada devices but the switches should all work stand alone or via omada. TP Link Omada and Unifi compared

TPLink OMADA switches have both a Web UI and OMADA SDN control IIRC. Ubiquity device MUST have a controller but you can self host it with local credentials, hybrid cloud management is optional. I already run a Unify controller in a docker locally with the cloud part turned off.

Took a look, their TPE-3102WS 8x2.5 + 2x10 switch is the same price as Unifi's USW-Enterprise-8-PoE (120W). Nice to have more options but odd they are the same price, I normally see Trendnet as one of the cheapest brands along with TPlink

I am currently looking for my home setup but I want a vendor / product with support / firmware updates / at the very least a full set of WORKING vlan/trunk/LACP features.. The Aliexpress switches seem to be below that mark.

Hmm having trouble finding pricing in my region but since they have a small one and a rack mount one that would be what I am looking for depending on price and assuming advanced managed features like LACP work correctly. Is the management cloud only? That would be a deal breaker.

For me the issue is that the TL-SG3210XHP-M2 is rather large for an 8 + 2 port switch, it would fit fine in my 19" server rack but not my structured cabling cabinet where my homes network runs terminate and I need POE. I think it will be too large for my use.

From the look of it we have about 3 tiers of options. 1. The AliExpress tier with the reference chipset Horco and other brands of identical hardware. As cheap as these are, from a managed switch point of view it seems like DAC / SFP+ compatibility is a crap shoot and doing things like LACP...

Passive POE is generally considered a hack these days as we have several generations of mature active POE. I am fairly confident you won't ever see a passive 2.5Gbit device.