Review: EnGenius EXT1105P Switch Extender
The EnGenius EXT1105P Switch Extender is an interesting piece of kit with a very specific use case. And to understand that use case, let’s look at the the EnGenius EXT1105P Switch Extender:
This is the business end of the EnGenius EXT1105P Switch Extender. The gigabit input port is compatible with PoE++, which gives an input power of 51W to the switch, and the additional gigabit ports can all provide PoE+. With 802.3at PoE+, this can provide up to 25.50W to a device. And that’s all there is to this switch extender. There’s no power adapter on it because all the power comes in via the input port. Thus the use case for the switch extender goes something like this:
- You need to power a bunch of devices in some corner of an office or warehouse that doesn’t have easy access to mains power. To get around that, you run a PoE cable to the location and plug it into this switch extender’s input port.
- You then plug in your devices into any of the 4 ports. Given the level of power that it supports, I am guessing that this is intended for cameras or lower powered devices.
Setting this up was what I expect from any EnGenius product. Which is that it was laughably easy. All I had to do was the following:
- Power on the switch
- Use the QR code on the base of the switch to add it to the EnGenius app
- Done. Declare victory and have a beer.
After that I pugged in some PoE cameras that I borrowed from a client of mine and everything was working perfectly. There’s honestly not much more to say here as it does exactly what it says it is supposed to do with ease. I could complain that it doesn’t do 2.5 Gbps Ethernet if I wanted to nitpick something. But that would likely require more power and make this solution border on unworkable. The EnGenius EXT1105P Switch Extender goes for $119 USD and if you have a use case involving PoE that fits this switch extender, consider this a must buy.
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