🥇Review of the GS1350-12HP PoE switch + Giveaway

Overview of the 12-port smart managed gigabit PoE switch Zyxel GS1350-12HP with gigabit uplink and price 21,799 rubles.

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About Zyxel

A publicly traded company headquartered in Taiwan, specializing in the production of network equipment for home and business since 1989. Shares are traded on the Taiwanese stock exchange. It has a representation in Russia, which means that support can be contacted directly.

GS1350 — a special series of managed PoE switches for video surveillance systems

Maximum distance to the camera — 250 meters

Standard PoE switches allow signal transmission over a distance of no more than 100 meters. The GS1350 series of managed switches from Zyxel, designed for video surveillance systems, completely resolves this issue by increasing the maximum distance to powered devices to 250 meters, significantly easing the deployment of video surveillance systems.

Automatic camera recovery

Immediately after detecting a failure in the operation of the IP camera, the switch automatically restarts it and attempts to restore its functionality.

The status of the IP cameras is determined via the protocol LLDP, as well as through
sending ICMP packets.

Continuous power via PoE

The switch provides uninterrupted power to IP cameras even during firmware or configuration updates, which significantly enhances the continuity of the video surveillance system's operation. This function guarantees an uninterrupted power supply to cameras and other sensors during maintenance of the switch.

In addition to normal operation, there are times when it is necessary to perform certain actions with the switch, for example:

perform a firmware update
upload a new configuration file, or conversely, revert current
settings to previous ones from a backup
reset to factory settings

There is also sometimes a need for an additional reboot of the switch,
for instance, to check the correctness of the performed settings.

More about the model GS1350-12HP

The switching matrix capacity is 24 Gbps. Packet forwarding speed is 17.8 mpps. A MAC address table for 8000 addresses is provided. Jumbo frame increases performance by 9 KB when transferring large data packets.

Supports management through a graphical web interface, command line interface (multi-level CLI), SSH, SNMP, telnet, console.

Appearance

Indicators

PWD — power indicator from the electrical network
SYS — system log usage indicator
CLOUD — connection indicator to NCC (Nebula Control Center).
LOCATOR — firmware loading indicator
PoE usage max — overall PoE budget usage indicator

Buttons

Reset button — restore to default settings
Restore button — allows for easy one-click recovery of the switch’s correct configuration after erroneous changes to its parameters.

Port indicators

Connection indicator — 'yellow'
PoE indicator — 'green'

GS1350-12HP Specifications

PoE ports — 8 gigabit ports supporting PoE+ (IEEE 802.3at-2009)
Uplink ports — 2 ports SFP for connecting to a network via fiber optic cable and stacking, 2 GE ports

PoE

PoE power budget — 130 W
Connects eight IP cameras at a distance of up to 250 meters with a bandwidth of 10 Mbps.
PoE standard — 802.3af/at

Protection against static discharge / voltage spikes

Ethernet port surge protection — 4 KV
Power supply surge protection: Line-GND — 4 KV
Power supply surge protection: Line-Line — 2 KV
Ethernet port static discharge protection (air/contact) — 15 KV / 8 KV

Performance

Switching capacity — 24 Gbps
Forwarding rate — 17.8 Mbps
Packet buffer — 525 thousand bytes
MAC address table — 8 thousand

Operating conditions

Operating temperature range — from -20 to +50℃
Humidity — from 5% to 95% (non-condensing)
Mean time between failures (MTBF) — 1,065,025.45 hours

Nebula Control Center

Nebula Control Center Dashboard

Enables management of Zyxel networking equipment through a cloud portal. Allows real-time centralized management, configuration, diagnostics, and monitoring using a mobile app or via a web portal.
This way, it is possible to manage both individual devices and the network as a whole.
A high level of scalability also allows for easy deployment of new network segments simply by connecting new devices. Learn more here.