Very small businesses looking for a simple, low cost PoE compliant switch will find the DES-1316K is well worth considering. However, management features are minimal – particularly those for power control – so if you want more PoE capabilities then check out 3Com’s BaseLine 2626-PWR Plus. It does cost twice as much but offers 24 PoE ports, Gigabit uplinks, full web management access and support for three per-port power priorities.Read full review
Overall
7/10
By Dave Mitchell
Reviewed 20 June 2005
Updated 05 February 2011