Allied Telesis IE220-10GHX Managed L2 Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) Power over Ethernet (PoE) Grey

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

At ~£920 ex‑VAT, this Allied Telesis IE220-10GHX is one of those switches that only really makes sense if you’re buying into the “managed PoE” world and you’ll actually use the controls. If you need a reliable, enterprise-leaning L2 switch with proper PoE for things like access points, CCTV, or VoIP phones in a small-to-mid site, it’s a solid choice—Allied Telesis gear is generally dependable and typically easier to live with than cheaper unmanaged/half-managed options once you start troubleshooting VLANs, uplinks, and port behaviour.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it “just because it has PoE.” If you only need a couple of PoE ports for basic devices and you don’t care about management features, you can usually get better value elsewhere. Also, if your network design is simple and you don’t have anyone who will configure/maintain it, paying this kind of money can be hard to justify versus a cheaper managed switch—or even a PoE injector/cheaper switch combination. In short: buy it if you want a dependable managed PoE workhorse from a vendor that resellers tend to trust; skip it if your requirements are small, simple, and you won’t use the management side.