NETGEAR GS728TP 28PT GE POE+ SMART SWITCH

The NETGEAR GS728TP 28-Port Gigabit PoE+ Smart Switch is an equally powerful and professional Smart PoE+ Switch, perfectly suited for providing PoE+ functionality, gigabit networking, and Smart Switching functions for ensuring that your network configuration is of a high-performance standard. Featured for any small or medium-scale business network configuration, this network switch would be an excellent addition for any expanding enterprise, providing your organization with versatile networking options and intelligent traffic management capabilities within just one network switch.

Key Specifications

• Switch Type: Smart Managed PoE+ Switch
• Total Ports: 28 Ports – 24 × 10/100/1000 Mbps PoE+ RJ‑45 plus 4 × Gigabit SFP fiber uplink ports
• PoE Standards:
  • Ports 1–8: IEEE 802.3at PoE+ (up to 30 W/port)
  • Ports 9–24: IEEE 802.3af PoE (up to 15.4 W/port)
• Total PoE Budget: ~190 W for powering PoE devices
• Switching Capacity: 56 Gbps non‑blocking
• Forwarding Rate: ~41.67 Mpps (packets per second)
• MAC Address Table: 16,000 entries
• Jumbo Frame Support: Up to 10 KB
• Management: Web GUI, SNMP (v1/v2c/v3), CLI, and remote/Insight Cloud options
• VLAN Support: Up to 256 VLANs for network segmentation
• Static Routing: Up to 32 IPv4/IPv6 routes
• QoS & Traffic Control: Advanced QoS, ACLs, rate limiting, IGMP snooping, VLAN tagging
• Rack‑Mountable: Standard 1U form factor
• Dimensions: ~440 × 257 × 44 mm
• Weight: ~3.73 kg

Key Features & Benefits

• PoE+ Power + Gigabit Performance

The GS728TP provides fast Gigabit Ethernet connectivity on all 24 ports, with PoE+ power integrated, making it simple to power wireless APs, IP cameras, and VoIP phones, as well as other Internet of Things devices, without the need for any external power supplies.

• Smart Management Tools

Use your networking products with confidence thanks to the web GUI, SNMP commands, and intelligence features such as VLANs, QoS, Rate Limiting, IGMP Snooping, and ACLs that allow optimization of traffic, enhanced security, and network segmentation.

• Flexible Fiber Up-Links

Four Gigabit SFP ports enable you to connect to your network backbone with fiber cables or expand your network between buildings, which is ideal if you have a large office.

• Traffic & Security Control

Provides support for VLANs (upto 256), routing (static), Access lists, as well as multicast handling. This equips you with minute control over traffic, broadcast domains, and performance.

Where You Can Use It

The NETGEAR GS728TP Smart Switch is suited for the following scenarios:

• Office Networks — Central Switching and Distribution of PoE.
• Surveillance Systems — power and connect IP cameras seamlessly.
• Wireless networks – to power and interconnect multiple Wi-Fi access points.
• Educational Campuses — student lab support, VoIP phones, and classroom technologies.
• Retail & Hospitality – Comprehensive wire-based infrastructure for point-of-sale transactions, voice-over-internet communications, and public wireless networking.
• Advanced Home Labs – for managing smart home devices and PoE-enabled devices.

Why You Need This Product

In a business setting that requires reliable network infrastructure with PoE power support that doesn’t need power adapters for PoE devices, high-speed data transfers on each port, and network control with ease, the NETGEAR GS728TP 28-Port Gigabit PoE+ Smart Switch would be a suitable solution. It is the right solution for businesses that have upgraded networking requirements but also require PoE power support with the ability to perform high-speed data transfers on each port.