Industrial Networking

Rugged Switching, Engineered for Extreme Environments

WatchDog Industrial Switches are engineered for mission-critical deployments across factories, substations, transportation, and outdoor infrastructure. Built for extreme environments, they deliver carrier-grade reliability, continuous connectivity, and uncompromising performance from -40°C to 85°C.

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WatchDog Industrial Switches unify the intelligence of enterprise networking with the resilience demanded by mission-critical OT environments. Engineered for extremes — from temperature fluctuations and high vibration to electromagnetic interference and redundant power — they deliver secure, deterministic connectivity for IIoT, SCADA, smart cities, and Industry 4.0 ecosystems.

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PoE Industrial Switch Series

Designed for sites where every cable counts, WatchDog PoE Industrial Switches deliver PoE+ and PoE++ power directly to IP cameras, wireless access points, IP phones, and IoT sensors - eliminating the need for separate power infrastructure. Engineered to operate in field cabinets, control panels, and outdoor enclosures with redundant DC inputs and extended temperature range.

PoE Industrial Switch
Model / Product Ports PoE Budget Temperature Mounting Action

Industrial Gigabit Managed PoE / PoE+ / PoE++ Switch Series

The WatchDog Industrial Managed Switch Series is engineered for high-reliability networks deployed in harsh outdoor and industrial environments.

4/8/8/16/24 PoE 12-128Gbps 8.9-95.2Mpps DIN-Rail / Wall/Rack Explore
Platform Capabilities

Built on WatchDog WDOS

One unified operating system — across data center, enterprise, and industrial — delivering programmability, automation, and line-rate security.

Unified WDOS

Unified WDOS

Every switch — from the industrial edge to the data center core — runs WatchDog WDOS for consistent CLI, APIs, and automation workflows.

Zero-Touch Provisioning

Zero-Touch Provisioning

Auto-discovery, ZTP, and intent-based deployment — bring switches online with a single scan-and-claim, no console cable required.

Streaming Telemetry

Streaming Telemetry

Real-time visibility with gNMI, gRPC, and OpenConfig model-driven telemetry streaming to your analytics stack of choice.

Programmable Pipeline

Programmable Pipeline

P4-programmable ASICs, SONiC-ready platforms, and open APIs for custom INT, load balancing, and traffic engineering.

Cloud-Managed

Cloud-Managed

Centralized fleet management via WD-CloudManager — firmware, configuration, compliance, and analytics, all from a single pane.

MACsec Encryption

MACsec Encryption

Hardware-enforced 256-bit MACsec on every port for wire-speed encryption without latency or throughput penalty.

Reference Architecture

Two Families. Every Industrial Scenario.

Whether you need to power IP cameras, access points, and IoT sensors over a single cable — or you need pure high-speed deterministic networking — there's a WatchDog industrial family built for it.

Tier 1

Core/ Industrial backbone Layer

Up to 1024 Tbps

High speed backbone with redundancy and high availability

Tier 2

Distribution/ Aggregation Layer

Up to 4 Tbps per switch

Traffic aggregation, routing, VLAN, Qos, security zoning and policy enforcement

Tier 3

IndustrialAccess Layer

up to 2.4tbps per switch

AccesIndustrialAccess Layers Layer

up to 2.4tbps per switch

Industrial Access Layer

up to 2.4tbps per switch

Industrial Access Layer

up to 2.4tbps per switch

Industrial Access Layer

up to 2.4tbps per switch

PLC/DCS

Controllers, I/O modules, RTUs

Industrial Automation

Robotics, Motion control, Machinery

HMI/ SCADA

Operator panels, SCADA systems

Industrial Surveillance

IP cameras, Video Analytics

IIoT / Sensors

Sensors, Actuators, Edge Devices

Server & Application

Data servers, Historian, MES/ Application

High Availability

Redundant network and devices

Industrial Security

IEC 62443 complaint security

Deterministic

Low latency, real-time Communication

Resilient Networking

Ring/ERPS/RSTP redundancy

Rugged Reliable

Wide temperature, EMI/EMS protection

Scalable Design

Future ready and east to expand

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