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Voltarum Mini Switch Guide

Small network switches

Every small switch worth buying for a home or homelab, with ports, speeds, PoE, management, size, what each is good for and prices.

3 switches

Gigabit

TP-Link TL-SG105PE

Ports
5 × 1 GbE
PoE
4 (65 W)
Max power
4.5 W

PoE:Great fit

Four PoE+ ports, 65 W and VLANs in a palm-sized metal box.

No reference price: check the storeHighly recommended

2.5 GbE + 10 GbE

Zyxel XMG-105HP

Ports
1 × SFP+ + 5 × 2.5 GbE
PoE
4 (70 W)
Max power
—

PoE:Great fit

Five 2.5 GbE ports, four with PoE++ and 70 W, plus a 10 GbE SFP+ uplink, fanless.

No reference price: check the storeRecommended

Gigabit

Ubiquiti UniFi Lite 8 PoE (USW-Lite-8-PoE)

Ports
8 × 1 GbE
PoE
4 (52 W)
Max power
8 W

PoE:Great fit

Eight gigabit ports, four with PoE+ and 52 W, managed from UniFi.

No reference price: check the storeRecommended