Allied Telesis CentreCOM AT-GS980MX/52PSM - Switch - L3 - Managed - 40 x 10/100/1000 (PoE+) + 8 x 100/1000/2.5G/5G (PoE+) + 4 x 1 Gigabit / 10 Gigabit SFP+ - rack-mountable - PoE+ (370 W)

Product Overview

AI-generated summary

At £2,005 ex-VAT this is not a “nice to have” switch—it’s a proper stackable-access/workgroup box if you know exactly what you’re buying. The real value here is that you get Layer 3 routing plus a lot of PoE+ headroom for phones, Wi‑Fi access points, and cameras, without needing separate gear. Allied Telesis is generally solid in enterprise environments, and if your network design already leans on VLANs/routing between them, this kind of switch can save you complexity (and future budget) versus stitching everything together with cheaper L2 units.

Who should buy it: SMBs/medium enterprises in the UK that want managed control, PoE for mixed devices, and routing between VLANs at the access layer—especially where you’re running multiple APs plus a few high-bandwidth uplinks (that’s where the multi-gig/SFP+ uplinks matter). Who should *not*: if you only need basic switching and your traffic never justifies L3, you’ll be paying for features you won’t use. Also, if you’re not confident maintaining a managed platform (or you don’t have anyone who can tune PoE budgets/VLANs cleanly), a simpler L2 PoE+ model usually gives better ROI.