I am not used to Ubiquiti. I've just heard about it in the last few months from a friend who owns a telecommunications company and just switched from Netgear to Ubiquiti. I am not too familiar with networking, but know enough to set up things like a VPN, IP, Ports, etc.
I am switching jobs to a small company that currently has 1 router and a few extenders (no hard wire in any office). I am looking at getting a switch and run some CAT6 to some offices/rooms, and plan on adding a few IP cameras in the future so I'll need POE.
Right now, the budget is limited so the cheapest route to get what needs to be accomplished for the next few years (we can upgrade later if need to).
My friend recommended the 24-port POE 500W switch, but it's currently too expensive for us and overkill for what we have right now.
Our current need is/usage will be:
9-10 Rooms hard wired
Mesh Network (decided between Google Mesh or Linksys Velop) - so add 3 wired connections to this
Then whatever we have left for IP Cameras (it's not a big area)
So I'm thinking 16-port is plenty. I don't know if the wattage matters that much. We'll probably need managed.
With all that being said, I'm looking at the EdgeSwitch 16-Port Managed 150W.
Does the EdgeSwitch + Google Mesh/Linksys Velop sound like it'll get the job done? Or is there another switch that is cheaper and will do just as good of a job? Any thoughts on Google vs. Linksys? (The building has concrete walls in some places and two stories, but isn't very big.)
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