TL-SG1218MP, 16 Port Gigabit PoE Switch

The TP-Link TL-SG1218MP has been a solid addition to my home camera setup. I am using it to power and switch the IP cameras feeding into my Frigate NVR, and it has handled the job without any issues since I put it in service. Power delivery to the cameras has been consistent and reliable. With 250W of PoE+ budget across 16 ports, there is plenty of headroom for a typical camera deployment with room to grow. All my cameras came up right away and have been running steady since. Handles all 16 ports with no lag or speed issues. Heat management is better than I expected. The steel chassis stays relatively cool even with multiple PoE devices pulling power, which is reassuring for a switch that runs around the clock. The build quality feels appropriately industrial, and the rack mount form factor fits cleanly into a standard setup. Setup was genuinely plug and play. No configuration was needed for my use case, just power it up, plug things in, and go. The two uplink ports and combo SFP slots are nice to have if you need to expand or connect to a larger network down the road. For anyone building out a camera system or needing PoE for access points and other devices, this switch does exactly what it should without any fuss. TP-Link delivered a practical piece of network gear that just works at a decent price point.

Worked well for my camera system

I acquired this for my home to replace a Netgear PoE switch that died and stopped delivering power. One of the things I particularly liked was the separate uplink (non-PoE) ports, which left a full 16 ports available for downlink connections. I hooked everything up, turned it on, and everything began working, including some ethernet ports that had previously not been getting power. (The specs say it supports 802.3af/at, make sure your devices are compatible.) The fan in the device makes a little bit of noise, so this is ideally placed in your basement or equipment closet, not your office. It's also quite big, so make sure you have enough room for it (or rack-mount it). No problems observed in the first few days of operation, so I'm a happy customer for now. And as long as it works without trouble at least 3 years, I'll remain a happy customer. Note that there are some operational changes you can make with dip-switches: I left them all off, but advanced users may want to look at a manual before buying, to make sure the options meet the needs.

Seems to be working ok. The only down side is fan noise that is always on. Though I have it installed in the laundry room. I would think the fan should cycle on and off if it developed more internal heat during current draw. Maybe that will be in next design.

Easy to deploy. Easy fiber uplink. Reliable. So far so good.

I bought this to replace an older Juniper switch I was using to power my network. The Juniper had 24 ports but I wasn’t using 10 of them so I figured I could bump it down to 18 to save some money. This switch is about a third of the size of my old switch and vastly quieter. The boot up time is MUCH faster as well, which was a huge disappointment with my last switch because if the power would go out for even a second, it would be almost 10 minutes before my access points came back online. The one thing I haven’t been able to get to is the GUI because I haven’t figured out the IP that my router assigned to it, but even without getting into it, I can see it’s smart enough to know which ports to send POE on and which don’t. Very satisfied with this switch and highly recommend if you need POE in a compact design.

Over 20 years as a network admin, and this is the WORST junk EVER. This switch is supposed to be a managed switch. It is NOT a managed switch. It's a plain old crappy dumb switch that is pretending to be a managed switch. You CANNOT do much of ANYTHING with VLANs. The default VLAN (which you can't even rename) is forced to EVERY port and CANNOT be changed, no matter what. You CANNOT remove the default VLAN from ANY port, you cannot rename the default VLAN, you cannot trunk ANY ports. DO NOT BUY THIS JUNK!

I'm not a tech guy, so I can't really talk to the features and metrics, but if you need a basic, good switch, then this more than does the job

From yesterday sometime Hanging My all camera stop.

Great POE Switch. Runs POE phones with no issues.

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Nice Clarity for my CC TV PoE

such a great device