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UGREEN 35372EU, ten-socket gigabit switch with eight powered sockets and two uplinks vs MERCUSYS MS108GP, eight-socket gigabit switch with seven powered sockets

Two dedicated uplinks, or one more watt of budget and a stated fanless case?

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These two land within five watts of each other and count their sockets differently. The UGREEN 35372EU carries ten sockets — eight powered, two gigabit uplinks numbered 9 and 10 — and shares 60 W. The MERCUSYS MS108GP carries eight, powers seven of them, and shares 65 W. Both name the same two IEEE classes and the same 30 W ceiling at a single socket.

UGREEN 35372EU ten-port gigabit PoE switch in a metal case with eight powered sockets and two uplinks

UGREEN 35372EU, ten-socket gigabit switch with eight powered sockets and two uplinks

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≈ 38 €

MERCUSYS MS108GP eight-port gigabit PoE switch in a metal case with seven powered sockets

MERCUSYS MS108GP, eight-socket gigabit switch with seven powered sockets

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≈ 30 €

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Compared on 35372EU, ten-socket gigabit switch with eight powered sockets and two uplinks MS108GP, eight-socket gigabit switch with seven powered sockets
PoE standard supported IEEE 802.3at and 802.3af, with an integrated PSE chip named as detecting powered devices IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at, in the title and confirmed in the sixth bullet
Per-port power budget Up to 30 W at one socket Up to 30 W at one socket, stated as not available at seven sockets at once
Total power budget 60 W shared by the eight powered sockets 65 W shared by the seven powered sockets
Powered port count Eight, plus two uplinks Seven, out of eight in total
Port count Ten Eight RJ45 sockets
Port speed 10/100/1000 Mbps with automatic negotiation; in extended mode a powered socket falls to 10 Mbps 10/100/1000 Mbit/s on all eight; no BASE-T designation printed
Managed or unmanaged Not published as either word — sockets 1 to 8 are isolated from one another while still reaching 9 and 10, as a fixed arrangement Not published as either word — plug and play, with a one-click isolation mode described as built in
Uplink type Two gigabit copper uplinks, numbered 9 and 10; no SFP cage named Not published — with seven of eight powered, the eighth is never designated
Cooling Not published — a metal case and socket spacing are named, neither a fan nor a fanless design is claimed Fanless, with a metal case named as the means of shedding heat

A tick means one listing published something the other did not, or published a better figure. It does not mean the product is better, and the column is not a score out of anything: a maker who says less loses lines here without losing a comparison. The two verdicts below are where the page is settled.

Which one, for whom

Buy the UGREEN 35372EU, ten-socket gigabit switch with eight powered sockets and two uplinks

The 35372EU is the one that answers the question a small camera install actually asks: where does the recorder go? Two gigabit uplinks numbered 9 and 10, with the powered sockets isolated from each other but able to reach them, is a fixed topology that fits the job. It publishes 6 kV surge protection and an extended mode reaching 250 m at 10 Mbps. Its budget is the smaller of the two, and it says nothing at all about fans.

Buy the MERCUSYS MS108GP, eight-socket gigabit switch with seven powered sockets

The MS108GP has the larger shared budget, 65 W, and is the only one of the pair to say in as many words that it has no fan. It also states plainly that 30 W is not available at seven sockets at the same time, which is the sentence most PoE listings leave to the reader to work out. The cost is the eighth socket: with seven powered, the remaining one is never named as an uplink, so where the recorder plugs in is left unsaid.

The questions that come up before an order

Is 65 W better than 60 W here?

On the total row, yes — but the comparison is between what each unit’s powered sockets share, and they are not the same sockets. Sixty watts across eight is 7.5 W each if spread evenly; 65 W across seven is a shade over 9 W each. Neither figure tells you what a specific camera draws, which is the number to start from.

What does extended mode cost on the UGREEN?

Speed. The listing states that in extended mode a powered socket falls to 10 Mbps, in exchange for reach given as 250 m. That is a trade the page publishes openly, and it is worth knowing before a cable run is planned around it.

The full reviews

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