Eight cameras, a couple of APs, and the switch on the shelf is either too quiet (no PoE at all) or too loud (fan whirring at 7 am in a classroom). The TL-SL1311MP sits on your desk, powers everything on one cable each, and stays completely silent.
Eight PoE+ ports at 30 W each, 124 W of total budget. Two Gigabit RJ45 uplinks plus a Gigabit SFP slot when you need to chain to the next switch or run fibre to the server room. Extend Mode stretches data and power to 250 m on a single cable — that outdoor camera on the back fence doesn't need a separate power drop.
PoE Auto Recovery watches every port and reboots a dropped device automatically, so you're not getting a 6 am call about a dead camera. Isolation Mode separates client traffic with one press. No fan, no hum, no configuration.
209 × 126 × 26 mm. Small enough for a shelf behind the whiteboard. External adapter powers it — no wall socket hunting
| brand | TP-Link |
| model | TL-SL1311MP |
| port_count | 8 PoE+ 10/100 Mbps RJ45, 2 Gigabit RJ45, 1 Gigabit SFP |
| poe_standard | IEEE 802.3af / 802.3at |
| poe_budget_total | 124 W |
| poe_per_port | 30 W |
| extend_mode_range | 250 m |
| fan | Fanless |
| dimensions | 209 × 126 × 26 mm (W × D × H) |
| power_supply | External adapter (53.5 VDC / 2.43 A) |
| mac_address_table | 2 K |
| jumbo_frame | 16 KB |
| switching_capacity | 7.6 Gbps |
| packet_forwarding_rate | 5.6544 Mpps |
| max_power_consumption_no_pd | 5.95 W |
| max_power_consumption_full_load | 140.92 W |
| management_type | Unmanaged |
| physical_security_lock | 1 |