You've got cameras, access points, and desk phones all expecting power over that one Ethernet cable. And the last fan you installed in the server closet is rattling at 2am like a dying helicopter. This is the switch that fixes both problems quietly.
The USW-16-POE gives you eight PoE+ ports for the devices that need juice and eight standard GbE ports for the rest. Two 1G SFP slots handle your fibre uplink without eating a port. The whole thing runs at 42W of PoE budget and stays completely silent — no fan, no whine, no vibration in your rack.
You manage it from the UniFi Network Controller or the mobile app. Per-port switching, mirroring, or aggregate mode. No CLI required unless you want one.
Fits a small office, a school computer lab, or the back room where the network gear actually lives. Plug it in, point your controller at it, done
| brand | Ubiquiti |
| model | USW-16-POE |
| switch_type | Layer 2 Managed PoE+ |
| total_ports | 16 |
| poe_ports | 8 |
| standard_gbe_ports | 8 |
| sfp_ports | 2 |
| sfp_speed | 1G |
| total_poe_budget_watts | 42 |
| cooling | Fanless |
| management | UniFi Network Controller / Mobile App |
| category | Networking |