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That Unifi Switch 8 60W is good, I’ve deployed loads of them too. It only has 4 powered ports if that matters.
It seems like you’re making an extremely simple, flat network; start with any switches that meet your PoE/port density requirements and upgrade if needed later on.
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Sounds about right... I don't know what a VLAN is yet really @TW but I would like a setup where as I learn more networking stuff I won't be held back by what I've bought.
Given they cost £24 it would seem rude not to chuck in a Switch Flex Mini at the same time
https://eu.store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-routing-switching/products/usw-flex-miniThinking I could ultimately use the 4 PoE ports for 2 x UAPs and 2 of these.
That should take me into free postage too from their store but of course that's not applying. Presumably I need to forget my purchases then readopt them?
Fox
I laid extra ethernet cables in case I want to stream video in the future but I have to admit I don't know the first thing about how it works!
Would it be madness to buy an 8 port, managed switch with PoE, like this:
https://eu.store.ui.com/collections/unifi-network-routing-switching/products/unifi-switch-8-60w
Then use it alongside a dumb unmanaged switch for the stuff like Hue/Tado/Gigaset bridge which really doesn't need managed or PoE? I could always then buy another managed switch down the line if I actually needed it.
My USG has a socket which can be used as LAN 2 so I think I could plug a second switch into that to avoid daisy chaining and give myself an extra port?