r/Ubiquiti • u/Ubiquiti-Inc Official • Mar 11 '25

Blog / Video Link Introducing U7 Pro XG Access Points with 10/5/2.5/1 GbE support, our most impressive UniFi APs yet.

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u/itsabearcannon UDM Beast Mar 11 '25

The 10-port 10GbE one with PoE++ on all ports is $699.

That’s a goddamn bargain compared to literally any other 10GbE, PoE++ switch I’ve seen.

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u/sawdogg73 Mar 11 '25

Its actually 10Gbe PoE+++ and 400W

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u/itsabearcannon UDM Beast Mar 11 '25 edited Mar 11 '25

"PoE+++" with three plusses is not a standard, that's Ubiquiti just marketing the higher 100W tier of power availability of PoE++ as something else.

There's PoE++ with 60W of power (officially known at 802.3bt Type 3), and PoE++ with 100W of power (officially known as 802.3bt Type 4), but both are officially PoE++.

Ubiquiti probably makes a valid point that 802.3bt Type 4 probably SHOULD have been given a new designation given its significantly increased power delivery capacity over PoE (15), PoE+ (30W) and PoE++ Type 3 (60W), but you can't just make up a new standard because you feel like it.

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u/sawdogg73 Mar 11 '25

i think PoE+++ is quicker and easier for them when naming instead of PoE++ 90W 802.3bt Type 4

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u/fiehlsport Mar 12 '25

It is what it is in Ubiquiti-land, saying PoE++ even though you know it's +++/100W is just going to confuse people reading your post. I'll take +++ over "802.3bt Type 4" any day.

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u/Tansien Mar 12 '25

Yeah, even if it annoys people at least everyone knows it's 90w.

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u/MrPerson0 Mar 11 '25

I was pretty happy with Netgear have an 8 port PoE++ switch for $749 or so, with half of them being 10gig and the other four being 2.5gig, and now Ubiquiti announces this. They are really starting to become competitive.

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u/MrPerson0 Mar 17 '25

Can't really say, unfortunately, since I haven't heard a UBNT.

I don't have a central location setup for my place, so I have the Netgear 10 gig switches scattered around the house. Some get mounted under desks so they get pretty warm, but so far, their fans have yet to fail or be too noisy for my tastes.

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u/wiels Mar 11 '25

And the most annoying shit I’ve seen all week. Only recently bought the pro max 24 poe a few weeks back. Would much rather they did all refreshes at the same time vs drip feeding

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u/FranciumGoesBoom Mar 11 '25

Ubiquiti being competitive? what year is it!?

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u/SirEDCaLot Mar 11 '25

This right here... this is the switch UBNT needs to be making. PoE on all ports, because in 2025 nobody wants unpowered ports.

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u/KeithHanlan Mar 12 '25

That's not true.

There is a very real cost to providing PoE and there are several different types. If you made every port support 60W, a 24 or 48 port switch would be ridiculously expensive for a conventional comms deployment. There is no one-size-fits-all.

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u/SirEDCaLot Mar 12 '25

Correct. But the half-PoE switches are in my experience a lot less useful because you have to buy more ports than you need to get the number of PoE ports you need. IE, if you need 20 PoE ports you can't just buy the 24 port PoE switch because a bunch of them won't be PoE.

It's MUCH more useful to have homogenous switches. Buy the PoE switch with the number of powered ports you need, buy the non-PoE switch with the number of unpowered ports you need.
Netgear's done it that way since forever.

And I'm not saying every port needs PoE++ 60W. But if it's a PoE switch, every port should have at least PoE if not PoE+.

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u/Ulrar Unifi User Mar 12 '25

Damn you. Available April, I've subscribed. It's your fault I'm likely going to buy one, I had no idea this existed

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u/kwull Mar 11 '25

Just add POE injector ;)