EnGenius Swap Extender EXT1106 Evaluation

I’ve beforehand reviewed the EnGenius EXT1105P change extender, which is a handy option to lengthen Ethernet over 100m or to simply add extra Ethernet ports the place energy sockets is probably not simply accessible.

The EXT1105P can solely be powered by POE, and it will probably additionally go by means of as much as 30W of energy on port 2 (802.3at/af).

The EXT1106 is an identical idea however slimmed down. This has 5 gigabit Ethernet ports and an SFP port. Similar to the EXT1105P, it may be powered by the primary port which is PoE++ (IEEE 802.3bt). It lacks a second POE port for output, however it will also be powered by USB-C which might subsequently let you use the primary port for POE out.

Past that, it’s functionally the identical because the EXT1105P I beforehand reviewed. At simply $59, that is nice worth for cash, and I can think about it being helpful for small companies that will not have had a community deliberate and rolled out from the bottom up.

Options

• 1x GE PoE port ship energy to different PD units.
• 4x GE ports for high-speed connections.
• 1x SFP uplink port for bandwidth-intensive purposes.
• Zero contact provisioning, centralized cloud configuration and visualized monitoring enhance the effectivity of community set up and administration.
• Voice VLAN perform make sure the safety and high quality of VoIP visitors.
• Cloud handle change extenders from wherever with the EnGenius Cloud App. A Professional license for Cloud To-Go gives extra options to satisfy superior administration necessities.
• EnGenius FitXpress (cloud-managed) is an economical administration possibility for Swap Extender collection merchandise.

Specification

• Port Requirements
  • 802.3u 100Base-TX Ethernet
  • 802.3ab 1000Base-T Ethernet
• Community Port – Gigabit Ethernet Ports
  • 5×10/100/1000 Mbps Ports
• Community Port – SFP Ports
• Switching Capability
• Flash Reminiscence
• Energy Supply
  • PoE PD: Suggest EnGenius PoE adapters (EPA5006GP, EPA5006GAT)
  • Kind-C (100 to 240 VAC, 50/60Hz)
• L2 Options
  • Community Administration: EnGenius Cloud
  • Multicast Group: Max 8 teams
  • QoS-number of Precedence Queues Supported: 8
  • Bandwidth Management: Port-based bandwidth management (Ingress/Egress)
  • Net Graphical Person Interface (GUI): LSP(Native standing web page)
  • System Time: Time Setting/Daylight saving
• Widespread L2 Options
  • 802.1w Speedy Spanning Tree
  • Area Title System (DNS) settings
  • Hyperlink Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
  • Weighted Spherical Robin Queue(WRR)
  • Easy Community Time Protocol (SNTP)

Works with EnGenius Cloud and EnGenius FitXpress

One factor I ignored in my EXT1105P assessment is that these change extenders help the principle EnGenius Cloud administration system or the cost-effective EnGenius FitXpress system.

EnGenius FitXpress requires no subscription however has fewer options than EnGenius Cloud. Nevertheless, it nonetheless has greater than sufficient performance for small companies.

As I’ve lined each EnGenius Cloud and EnGenius FitXpress beforehand, I’ve simply supplied screenshots of the UI for every system.

EnGenius Cloud

EnGenius FitXpress

Efficiency

I ran the Engenius EXT1106 in my workplace for per week, connecting a few miniPCs and my important work PC to it.

The EXT1106 carried out reliably all through the week with no noticeable downtime and constant gigabit throughput after I transferred information to my Unraid NAS.

Value and Different Choices

The EnGenius EXT1106 change extender is on the market from the EnGenius Retailer for simply $59. There may be at the moment no UK availability, however the USD worth works out as £46.50.

The EXT1105P which I beforehand reviewed is $119, this has a 30W PoE output however lacks the USB-C energy enter.

The EXT1109P is on the market for $155 and this has the gigabit PoE enter port then an extra 4 gigabit PoE output ports, 3 gigabit Ethernet ports and a SFP port.

Swap extenders are fairly a distinct segment networking gadget and the one merchandise that I’m conscious of is from Unifi.

The Unifi USW Flex Mini, which is described as a change extender, however a standard change. Similar to the EXT1106, it will probably take energy from the one POE port, or through USB-C. It lacks the SFP port, however it’s attractively priced at £27.60/$29.

They then have the USW-Extremely (42W), which has 1GbE PoE++ enter port and 7x GbE PoE+ output ports, which might present 42W PoE availability with PoE++ enter. This prices £94.80/$129.

The USW-Flex (46W) is designed for indoor and out of doors use and has 1x PoE++ enter and 5x PoE+ outputs. Additionally it is priced at £94.80/$129.

Total

The EnGenius EXT1106 change extender is a useful little change that could possibly be helpful in lots of situations.

Whereas the value is increased than competing product from Unifi, you’ll be able to’t actually complain at $59, it’s glorious worth for cash.

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