KeepLink 8-Port PoE Gigabit Network Switch w/ 2x Uplink Ports - AU Plug US$22.11 (~A$34) Shipped @ KeepLink Store AliExpress

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KeepLink 8-Port PoE Gigabit Network Switch w/ 2x Uplink Ports - AU Plug US$22.11 (~A$34) Shipped @ KeepLink Store AliExpressAffiliate
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This gigabit Power over Ethernet switch has been very popular previously and now it's back for an even lower price. This one features 8 ports with gigabit PoE (up to 30W each port, 135W PoE budget), 2 gigabit uplink ports and an AU plug. One of the advantages of the two uplink ports is that you can connect to your router and another switch without sacrificing one of the PoE ports.

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  • UncleRico on 19/06/2025 - 19:40
    +4

    Great price for a reliable POE switch. And the power budget is double that of many other budget POE switches such as the oft-listed TP-Links, so very helpful for anyone powering multiple cams or other devices. Cheers!

    • AeymothSky on 19/06/2025 - 19:45

      is there any issue w using switches from different brands ?

      • Punkboy on 19/06/2025 - 19:46

        Not for vanilla 1gb. If you start using plugin SFP modules you can start having compatibility issues but not relevant here

        • AeymothSky on 19/06/2025 - 19:48

          yeah just googled it, sounds like super high end enthusiasts stuff so probably won't need that.

          thanks for answering my question

          • Punkboy on 19/06/2025 - 20:47
            +2

            @AeymothSky: Not really super high end, this switch just offers power over ethernet so devices like cameras won't need a separate power supply wired in.

            • AeymothSky on 19/06/2025 - 20:52

              @Punkboy: Yeah I'm more so talking about that plugin sfp stuff you said.

              But yeah i feel like this poe switch can be something I can tinker with in the future, will not buy it now but I believe it's the perfect item to setup a system with PoE cameras across the house? or around the thouse outside?

              • xmail on 19/06/2025 - 21:16

                @AeymothSky: Yes, unless you buy an NVR which has the PoE support built in.

                • Dinjay on 20/06/2025 - 09:41
                  +1

                  @xmail:

                  NVR which has the PoE support built in

                  Not necessarily. I use this switch for my Reolink cameras and the Reolink NVR, instead of powering the cameras directly through the Reolink NVR. The main advantage of doing it that way is that I get direct access to full functionality of the cameras, as I would lose some came functionality when accessing the cameras through the Reolink NVR. Also, using a PoE switch provides some redundancy - the cameras will still work if the NVR goes down for some reason.

                  • R3XNebular on 20/06/2025 - 10:47

                    @Dinjay: Wow thanks for this. One of my reolink NVR ports is broken so only 7/8 cameras work. I'll try this.

                    • Dinjay on 20/06/2025 - 10:59

                      @R3XNebular: You're welcome. You might want to assign static IPs to the cameras if you're connecting them directly to your network. I put my cameras and NVR on a VLAN.

            • freeb1e4me on 19/06/2025 - 21:46
              -1

              @Punkboy: Cameras should connect to a smart switch if you’re opening it up for remote viewing

              • Dinjay on 20/06/2025 - 09:45

                @freeb1e4me:

                Cameras should connect to a smart switch if you’re opening it up for remote viewing

                Why? By 'smart switch', do you mean 'managed switch' for VLANs?

                • skittlebrau on 20/06/2025 - 10:19

                  @Dinjay: Netgear, TP-Link, D-Link and a few others refer to their switches with managed features as 'smart switches'. They don't tend to have the complete feature set of their enterprise counterparts like L3 routing, granualar QoS, ACL etc. but they'll be able to do stuff to let you set up VLANs.

    • Bedgrub on 19/06/2025 - 19:55
      +25

      To anyone reading: don’t do this if you’re just starting out. They fans will be loud and configuring them is nightmare for the uninitiated.

      Unless you have a stated requirement to manage VLANS, you are always better off getting a generic dumb switch like this. They’re all the same inside.

      • macca on 20/06/2025 - 10:28
        +1

        On top of this, the idle power draw of these units is a lot higher than a consumer model. I've done calcs on old models before that show they would draw $130 worth of electricity a year.

  • Alzori on 19/06/2025 - 20:08

    Bought one a while ago, was DOA. Returned and got a refund. Hopefully others are more lucky.

    • AeymothSky on 19/06/2025 - 20:51

      Did you buy another?

      • Alzori on 20/06/2025 - 11:36

        Got a Netgear one off marketplace locally for $20. Only needed it for one extra camera so wasn't really fussed getting a higher capacity one.

  • easternculture on 19/06/2025 - 20:10

    Extra 17% off with coins too.

    • theguyrules on 19/06/2025 - 20:21

      How?

      • easternculture on 19/06/2025 - 20:26
        +2

        If you have coins, click on the link and it with show up in coins section afterwards

        • theguyrules on 20/06/2025 - 11:23

          Only discounts by 1% for me - on the app

  • KingSlayyer on 19/06/2025 - 20:13

    comes with a built in backdoor

    • freeb1e4me on 19/06/2025 - 21:49

      Saucy

    • AlexF on 21/06/2025 - 15:16

      Relax, that door’s for someone else.

  • bamzero on 19/06/2025 - 20:35
    +5

    haha, AI.

    • Clear on 19/06/2025 - 20:36
      +3

      PoE watchdog is the new AI :P

  • noren7 on 19/06/2025 - 20:39
    +1

    why are they calling it an “AI” switch, it’s just a simple bit of network equipment 😭

    • PsyWulf on 19/06/2025 - 20:49

      Instead of a managed switch where you'd need to configure the PoE it just does the basic PoE port check. Absolute toss use of "AI" but the use is a bit older than GPT (I think)

      • Calman102 on 19/06/2025 - 22:19

        Correct, even simple linear regression falls under the umbrella of AI. It predates all machine learning models.

        • 5kbjvb3o on 20/06/2025 - 15:56
          +1

          Linear regression is an algorithm, not AI. There's no training or learning involved.

      • noren7 on 20/06/2025 - 09:28

        It’s just marketing and I guess it apparently works for some people. Kinda puts me off it though

    • Oyster59 on 21/06/2025 - 06:30

      I know it won't really happen to Ali express, but I look forward to the day the someone involves Australian Consumer Law to call out companys that slap AI labels on things that aren't using AI.

  • jackwoz on 19/06/2025 - 20:40

    out of curiosity what devices do people use this for that has that much bandwidth?

    • Punkboy on 19/06/2025 - 20:51

      In this case it's probably more about power over a few cameras. 1Gb isn't much for bandwidth in networking terms. Almost every device with an ethernet port will have a 1GB port.

    • UltimateAI on 19/06/2025 - 21:06

      1gbps for an uplink isn't much bandwidth at all. as OP said the main appeal here is 10 ports, specifically 8 POE.
      Most People use the POE ports for CAMs but really any device that is powered via POE such as WAPs.

      • jackwoz on 20/06/2025 - 09:47

        Im assuming its 1gbps per port? Wouldnt most cameras with h265 be less than 100mbps in data rate per camera?

        WAPS i understand would need to be more though.

        • UltimateAI on 20/06/2025 - 13:01

          I think we both have different interpretations of jackwoz’s comment.

          I interpreted his comment that the switch has a ton of bandwidth. Where as 1 or 2x 1 is nothing and not the reason people get this. If you want bandwidth go 2.5, 5 or 10. Common and affordable.

      • skittlebrau on 20/06/2025 - 10:21

        I think the intention here is to use both of those uplink ports and use link aggregation. That would be probably enough for some.

  • kongkurr on 19/06/2025 - 21:36
    +2

    I've been using this brand to power my CCTV, intercom & a couple other devices for 2 years without a hiccup.

    Have been much happier with a Blue Iris camera server than Hikvision or Dahua web interfaces.

    • UltimateAI on 20/06/2025 - 13:02

      Yes with CodeProject AI server with $30 coral device works great with BlueIris.

  • garage sale on 19/06/2025 - 21:47

    and does it come with an australian power supply or needs travel adapter ?
    ooh takes kettle cord so 240 v and no power pack

  • cooni on 19/06/2025 - 22:20

    What's an uplink port?
    I thought a network switch just lets devices talk to each other. How is it different to a regular port?

    • Punkboy on 19/06/2025 - 22:21
      +3

      I think it's just not poe

    • Wayne7497 on 19/06/2025 - 22:56

      Uplink is to connect to another switch

    • jmc787 on 20/06/2025 - 01:11

      Normally you connect the uplink port to the internet router. When they build the switch they might allocate more hardware resources to the uplink port as it will be aggregating the traffic from all the other ports. In this switch looks like there is no PoE on the uplink ports as a switch would not be expected to provide power to an upstream router.

      • cooni on 20/06/2025 - 07:06

        Aside from all the PoE stuff, would a regular switch not have enough resources to allow full speed comms between ports otherwise?

        • Everettpsycho on 20/06/2025 - 08:35

          Generally most basic switches for most people's use case are gigabit across the board and it's fine. You only need anything faster if you are hammering data locally as your internet is unlikely above the 1gbps capacity. I'd only suggest bothering with larger than gigabit if you are using a Nas and desktop to transfer files back and forth. I have a Nas and as all I do is read photos and videos off it infrequently gigabit is slow but serviceable.

          No offence intended, but if you are asking you probably don't need faster than gigabit.

          • cooni on 20/06/2025 - 09:51

            @Everettpsycho: I wasn't asking if I need 1 or 10gig, the question was purely

            What's a 1gbps "uplink" on a switch that's 1gbps on all ports - and one of the answers I got was that there are potentially more resources on it. This doesn't make sense to me as I can't imagine why you'd need more resources on a port that's the same speed as the others.

            • Everettpsycho on 20/06/2025 - 10:43

              @cooni: Normally the uplink is bigger, this switch is a little odd that 1gbps is still an uplink, in this instance it's effectively just a non Poe port. Most switches are 1gbps or 2.5gbps with a 2.5gbps or 10gbps uplink respectively. Essentially means you could split 10gbps to 8 2.5gbps ports so in theory they'd have 1.25gbps available each if they were all going balls to wall with throughout. In reality though network traffic isn't constant very often so unless you are pushing those bit rates constantly sharing the same size ports tends to work just fine.

            • Nom on 20/06/2025 - 12:01

              @cooni:

              What's a 1gbps "uplink" on a switch that's 1gbps on all ports

              Nothing - it's only labelled as an uplink port. In practice, it's just a normal port like any of the other ports on the switch.

            • Oyster59 on 21/06/2025 - 06:28
              +1

              @cooni: I think in the case of this switch, 'uplink' is just a sticker they put on the 2 unpowered ports. There's nothing else they can do with an unmanaged switch.

        • jmc787 on 20/06/2025 - 11:57
          +1

          Short answer is no, absolutely not. Even enterprise grade switching gear often has backplane limitations that mean all ports cannot concurrently run at full capacity.

        • Nom on 20/06/2025 - 12:04
          +1

          would a regular switch not have enough resources to allow full speed comms between ports otherwise?

          Depends on the switch - this is not always the case.

          For basic 1Gb or 2.5Gb switches, then yes, you would expect that every port could operate at line speed simultaneously - but the more "advanced" the switch is, then then less likely this is to be true. If you pick up a 40Gb enterprise switch, for example, then you might not be able to pump 40Gb through every port at the same time.

    • bamzero on 20/06/2025 - 03:00
      +2

      Often the uplink port is also faster to accommodate traffic from multiple ports, though not so in this case.

  • Phorest Grump on 20/06/2025 - 07:32

    Seems like i got it for 17.2 usd? Thanks

  • aussie mark on 20/06/2025 - 08:39

    Price for me is USD $23.91. $25.37 minus $4.25 (CITY06 + coins) plus $2.79 Tax. Maybe the price has gone up or I'm doing something wrong

    • Clear on 20/06/2025 - 09:05

      That price is fine. A mod edited the deal to be lower than it is.

  • poldy on 20/06/2025 - 09:10

    2 left kids, better be quick.

  • El-Barato on 20/06/2025 - 10:14

    The deal doesn't work with a New Zealand address. What gives?

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