Grandstream GWN7711P Lite Managed PoE Switch, 8 Gigabit Ports, 4 PoE+, 60 W

Overview

The Grandstream GWN7711P is an eight-port Gigabit network switch with light management (Layer 2 Lite) and Power over Ethernet (PoE) on four ports. It powers IP phones, cameras and Wi-Fi access points from the same cable that carries their data, keeps traffic apart with VLANs (virtual LANs) and can be watched from the cloud, while staying simple to set up. It suits small offices, hotel rooms, shops and home offices.

Is it right for you?

• Choose it when you want to power a few phones, cameras or access points and also separate voice, camera, guest and staff traffic. If you only need PoE with nothing to set up, the unmanaged GWN7701P has the same four-port, 60 W PoE budget.
• The 60 W budget suits two 30 W devices or several lower-power phones and cameras. Add up the draw of every powered device first.
• Passive 24 V or 48 V output can be enabled per port for cameras or radios that do not follow 802.3af/at.
• There are no SFP ports, so fibre uplinks are not possible on this model.

Key features

• 8 Gigabit RJ45 ports, 16 Gbps switching capacity and 11.9 Mpps forwarding rate.
• Ports 1 to 4 deliver 802.3af/at PoE up to 30 W each and 60 W in total, with a PoE watchdog that restarts a device that stops responding, and power kept on during a soft restart of the switch.
• Passive 24 V or 48 V DC mode per PoE port; port 1 also supports 48 V four-pair passive output up to 60 W.
• Port-based and 802.1Q VLANs, up to 32, plus voice VLAN and four link aggregation groups.
• QoS (Quality of Service) with 802.1p and DSCP priority, bandwidth control and rate limits.
• IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) snooping, storm control, DHCP snooping, loop prevention and spanning tree.
• Cable test, port mirroring and LLDP for faster fault finding.
• Metal housing, 190 x 100 x 28 mm and 0.44 kg, with a Kensington security slot.
• Powered by an external 48 to 53.5 V DC 1.22 A adapter, which is included.

What else you need

• Power: the external adapter is included.
• A GDMS Networking account if you want cloud management; otherwise it is managed from its own web interface.

Installation

Placing it is simple: desk or wall, plug in the adapter and connect the cables, within 0 to 40 °C. An IT installer or network-minded user then sets VLANs, QoS and the PoE mode of each port through the web interface or GDMS Networking. Switch a port to passive 24 V or 48 V only for a device built for it.

Software and licences

• Managed from its own web interface, from GDMS (Grandstream Device Management System) Networking in the cloud, or from GWN Manager software on your own server. SNMP is supported for third-party monitoring.
• No licence is listed.

Before you buy

• 60 W is shared across the four PoE ports.
• No SFP ports.