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Unmanaged PoE Switches

Quick answer

An unmanaged PoE switch works the moment it is powered — no IP address, no login, no configuration. It powers what is plugged into it and forwards traffic between the ports. Every model in this range is unmanaged; several add a panel switch that isolates the camera ports from the uplink at layer 2.

Unmanaged is a design decision, not a missing feature list. The switch has one job — power the devices and pass their traffic — and it does that with nothing to configure, nothing to forget and nothing to log into after a power cut.

All 20 PoE switch models in this range are unmanaged, running 65–400 W across 4 to 24 powered ports. Several carry a VLAN isolation switch on the panel; the comparison table above shows which.

Compare all 20 models

Every figure below comes from the current product data. Click a model to open its full specification page.

Model	Network Ports	Uplink Ports	Power
HX-0402PE4+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	4 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports	65W
HX-0403PEG4+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	4 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	65W
HX-0802PE8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	8 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports	120W
HX-0803PE8+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch	8 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	120W
HX-0803PEG8+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	8 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	120W
HX-1603PE16+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch	16 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	330W
HX-1603PEG16+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	16 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	330W
HX-2404PE24+2+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	24 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 2 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	400W
HX-2404PEG24+2+2-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	24 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 2 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	400W
HX-D0802PE8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	8 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports	120W
HX-M0402PEAll-in-One 4+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	4 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports	65W
HX-X0402PE4+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	4 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports	65W
HX-X0402PEG4+1+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	4 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	1 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	65W
HX-X0802PE8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	8 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports	120W
HX-X0802PG8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	8 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports	120W
HX-X0803PEG8+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	8 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	120W
HX-X1603PE16+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch	16 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	200W
HX-X1603PEG16+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	16 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	200W
HX-X2403PE24+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch	24 × 10/100Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	300W
HX-X2403PEG24+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	24 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive PoE Ethernet ports	2 × 10/100/1000Base-T(X) adaptive Ethernet ports 1 × 1000Base-X SFP fiber port	300W

How to choose

Buy unmanaged when the network behind it is managed. Segmentation, monitoring and ring protection belong at the core. The powered edge only has to power and forward.
Buy unmanaged when nobody will administer it. A shop, a yard, a site office — a device that comes back up after an outage without configuration is worth more than a feature list nobody opens.
Know what you are giving up. No web interface, no SNMP, no per-port VLAN table, no LACP, no ERPS. If any of those is in the project specification, it has to be met upstream.
The panel VLAN switch is not management. Where fitted, it isolates the camera ports from the uplink. It is a hardware toggle, not a configurable VLAN table, and it does not survive into an SNMP-managed network.

How many devices will each model actually power?

Calculated from the published budget of each model with a 20% reserve kept for PoE start-up surge, IR load at night and ageing. The figure is capped by the powered-port count, so it never promises more devices than there are ports. Budgets are pooled — one 25 W PTZ takes what several 6 W domes would.

Model	PoE ports	Budget	Fixed dome6 W label	Wireless AP8 W label	802.3af device15.4 W class	PTZ / 802.3at device25.4 W class
HX-0402PE4+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	4	65 W	4	4	3	2
HX-0403PEG4+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	4	65 W	4	4	3	2
HX-M0402PEAll-in-One 4+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	4	65 W	4	4	3	2
HX-X0402PE4+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	4	65 W	4	4	3	2
HX-X0402PEG4+1+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	4	65 W	4	4	3	2
HX-0802PE8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	8	120 W	8	8	6	3
HX-0803PE8+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch	8	120 W	8	8	6	3
HX-0803PEG8+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	8	120 W	8	8	6	3
HX-D0802PE8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	8	120 W	8	8	6	3
HX-X0802PE8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	8	120 W	8	8	6	3
HX-X0802PG8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	8	120 W	8	8	6	3
HX-X0803PEG8+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	8	120 W	8	8	6	3
HX-X1603PE16+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch	16	200 W	16	16	10	6
HX-X1603PEG16+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	16	200 W	16	16	10	6
HX-1603PE16+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch	16	330 W	16	16	16	10
HX-1603PEG16+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	16	330 W	16	16	16	10
HX-X2403PE24+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch	24	300 W	24	24	15	9
HX-X2403PEG24+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	24	300 W	24	24	15	9
HX-2404PE24+2+2-Port 100M PoE Switch	24	400 W	24	24	20	12
HX-2404PEG24+2+2-Port Gigabit PoE Switch	24	400 W	24	24	20	12

Method: floor(budget × 0.8 ÷ device draw), capped at the powered-port count.Run your own numbers in the PoE budget calculator →

All 20 models

All products

100M

HX-0402PE

4+2-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 4
Budget: 65W

Gigabit

HX-0403PEG

4+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch

Ports: 4
Budget: 65W

100M

HX-0802PE

8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 8
Budget: 120W

100M

HX-0803PE

8+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 8
Budget: 120W

Gigabit

HX-0803PEG

8+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch

Ports: 8
Budget: 120W

100M

HX-1603PE

16+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 16
Budget: 330W

Gigabit

HX-1603PEG

16+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch

Ports: 16
Budget: 330W

100M

HX-2404PE

24+2+2-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 24
Budget: 400W

Gigabit

HX-2404PEG

24+2+2-Port Gigabit PoE Switch

Ports: 24
Budget: 400W

100M

HX-D0802PE

8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 8
Budget: 120W

100M

HX-M0402PE

All-in-One 4+2-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 4
Budget: 65W

100M

HX-X0402PE

4+2-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 4
Budget: 65W

Gigabit

HX-X0402PEG

4+1+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch

Ports: 4
Budget: 65W

100M

HX-X0802PE

8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 8
Budget: 120W

100M

HX-X0802PG

8+2-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 8
Budget: 120W

Gigabit

HX-X0803PEG

8+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch

Ports: 8
Budget: 120W

100M

HX-X1603PE

16+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 16
Budget: 200W

Gigabit

HX-X1603PEG

16+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch

Ports: 16
Budget: 200W

100M

HX-X2403PE

24+2+1-Port 100M PoE Switch

Ports: 24
Budget: 300W

Gigabit

HX-X2403PEG

24+2+1-Port Gigabit PoE Switch

Ports: 24
Budget: 300W

Unmanaged vs managed PoE switch

A managed switch lets you configure behaviour: VLAN assignment per port, link aggregation, spanning tree or ring recovery, SNMP polling, port power scheduling, remote reboot. An unmanaged switch behaves the same way every time, and that predictability is the point.

In a camera network the managed features usually live at the core switch or inside the NVR, because that is where the recordings and the IT policy are. The PoE switch at the edge is then a power supply with a MAC table — which is exactly what this range is built for. Where the specification genuinely needs managed features at the edge, the correct answer is a managed unit, and we say so rather than relabel this one.

Capability	Unmanaged (this range)	Managed (what it adds)
Plug and play	Yes — power on and connect	Requires configuration before it works as intended
Web / CLI interface	None	Web UI, CLI, sometimes both
VLAN	Panel isolation switch on some models	Per-port VLAN tables, 802.1Q trunking
Monitoring	Front-panel LEDs only	SNMP, syslog, port statistics
Redundancy	None — single uplink path	STP / RSTP / ERPS ring recovery
Cost per powered port	Lower	Higher, plus the cost of administering it

The argument in more detail, including where an unmanaged edge is accepted by an IT department and where it is not: managed vs unmanaged PoE switch.

Where unmanaged units are the right purchase

Four situations come up again and again in enquiries. A shop or a small office where the cameras are the only network device. A construction or industrial site where nobody is going to log into a switch. A floor-by-floor installation where the core already handles VLANs and policy. And an OEM customer who integrates the unit into their own product and does not want a second configuration interface to support.

In all four, the unmanaged unit is cheaper per powered port, quicker to replace from stock, and impossible to misconfigure. The trade is that diagnosing a port problem means looking at a link LED rather than a statistics page — which is why the front panel of this range carries per-port link and PoE indication.

Frequently asked

What is an unmanaged PoE switch?

A PoE switch with no management interface: it powers connected devices and forwards frames between ports, with no IP address, login, VLAN configuration or monitoring. It starts working as soon as it is powered and connected.

What is the difference between managed and unmanaged PoE switch?

Configuration and monitoring. A managed switch offers per-port VLANs, link aggregation, ring recovery protocols and SNMP; an unmanaged unit forwards traffic and supplies power with none of that. For camera edge installations, management is usually provided by the core switch or the NVR.

Is the VLAN switch on these models a management feature?

No. It is a panel toggle that isolates the camera ports from the uplink at layer 2 — useful for keeping camera broadcast traffic off the office network, but not a configurable VLAN table, not 802.1Q trunking and not visible over SNMP.

Can an unmanaged PoE switch be used with a managed network?

Yes, and it is a common design: the managed core does the segmentation and the unmanaged unit supplies power at the edge. The core sees the cameras as devices on a single access port, which is usually acceptable for a camera VLAN.

Do unmanaged PoE switches support VLAN tagging?

They forward tagged frames transparently — so a tagged camera VLAN configured at the core passes through — but they do not add, strip or manage tags. If you need trunking between switches, that is a managed function.

Which unmanaged models are available for OEM branding?

All of them. Custom logo, model number, packaging, connector type and documentation are standard on this range; the electronics stay the same. Ask for the sample plan before a project is committed to a variant.

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