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The Guide to Network Cabling Standards for Business
5 Oct, 2025





£150.42 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
The NETGEAR GS110TP at £125-ish ex-VAT is the kind of switch you buy when you need “proper managed” PoE without getting dragged into a pricier stack. It’s a good fit for small offices, retail units, or light SMB deployments where you’ve got a handful of IP cameras or access points and you want more control than a cheap unmanaged PoE box—things like traffic prioritisation, VLANs, and basic Layer 3 features for sensible segmentation. In day-to-day use, it’s the sort of unit that helps prevent the “everything talks to everything” problem when your network grows beyond a simple Wi‑Fi + desk PCs setup.
That said, I wouldn’t buy it if you’re expecting huge scale, very complex routing needs, or lots of expansion—managed switches at this price point tend to have limits in how far you can push them before you start feeling the constraints. Also worth considering: if you only need PoE “just to power devices” and don’t care about VLANs/QoS, this is overkill and you’d get better value with a simpler model. Overall: buy it if you want dependable managed PoE for a small, controlled network and you’ll actually use the management features; skip it if you’re running a bigger, more intricate environment or you’re keeping things intentionally basic.

Netgear
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D-Link
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