9 Port 2.5Gb Smart Web Ethernet Switch,1 10G SFP Slot&8 x 2.5G Base-T Ports,Link Aggregation, LACP/QoS/VLAN/IGMP Supported, Metal Fanless Managed Multi-Gigabit Switch

This switch is exactly what I needed for my home office. It’s truly plug and play. I just connected my devices and it worked instantly, no setup required. The metal housing feels durable, and the fanless design means it's completely silent, which is great for a quiet workspace. Speeds are stable across all ports, and it's compact enough to sit on my desk or mount on the wall. Highly recommend for anyone looking to expand their wired network without hassle.

Edit: As of late Oct 2024, the switches have performed wonderfully. It logged 2 bad packets coming from a device on port #5 (whatever device that might be, I don't really care) out of multiple terabytes of transferred data. One thing I did note is when the switch is on DHCP, it works great, then after a few months you go back and find it offline. So where did it go? Back to 192.168.2.1, it's default.Easy fix, simply take it off DHCP and assign it a static and ensure you SAVE it which is on a different page. Just wanted to let you all know. Still very happy.EDIT: As of Feb 2024, the switches have been passing a humongous amount of traffic while running flawlessly. According to the switches internal monitoring log there are NO bad packets sent or received on any port since installed in early Dec 2023.I recently had an intermittent issue where a cable leading to the router wasn't fully plugged in (somehow) so I received many Port #1 is down event messages in my router. Is a switch port going bad?I was lifting the switch up to read a non-existent serial number off the bottom label and noticed the router to switch RJ45 connection light extinguish. After I reseating the cable, the light returned and all was well thereafter. In a nutshell, no problems from the switch, even after hundreds of TB's of transferred data.I would ask that you don't buy this switch though. I've now bought a total of 4 and would like the units to be in stock for my clients when I need them, and if you guys buy them out, what am I going to do? :-)All kidding aside, Do what you have to do.NOTE: After reading quite a few negative comments, I've come to the conclusion based on their content that those reviews are not refering to the same Soldola switches. There are NO fans in this unit. Some people returned the units because upon power loss it reverted to factory settings. I address and solve this very minor issue below. I've edited this review only because I'm back here to buy another two units. I really should buy ten of them at once, maybe next time.Lastly, firmware. The units ship with firmware version 1.7, but I have somehow acquired version 1.9, which adds a couple options in some section. If you want version 1.9, give me a shout at tech-so-easy-AT-Outlook-com and I'll help you out (remove all dashes).Have a great day guys.--------------------------------Original comment--------------------------------------------------------Bought two 2.5g 9 port managed Sodola switches (SL-SWTGW218AS), the ninth port being the backplane 10g SFP+ port. All other ports being 2.5g standard ethernet RJ45 jacks.From a professional installer of networking, $99 for each 9 port 2.5g managed switch didn't leave me much confidence, that is until they arrived, plugged in and started working their high speed magic.Random notes:The switch is clad with a metal exterior and two underside nail slots to hang the unit. A flathead nail or a really flat headed screw is about all it will accept without drilling. No side mount screw holes to attach ears for rack use, but it'll sit quite happily on a shelf for you.I stacked both atop each other with some full length velcro to keep them together and to provide some air flow between, then inserted the shortest length SFP+ copper cable I could find (ASIN: B09F6DJQ12) in both 10G joy ports. The switches co-joined in an instant.Note that the switches default to 192.168.2.1 which you can change or allow your DHCP router/server to address, but you must save the configuration on a different page or it will default to factory after power loss. No real problem but just a heads up. User name and password to web management is on a label underneath.Honestly, I expected some glitches, some snafus, some of something bad, but it never arrived. Everything worked as expected and despite the austere web management interface, it does hold a lot of options.In my case, I wanted to aggregate (trunk) two ports at the switch and trunk two ports on my NAS to receive a 2Gbps transfer rate. The switch functions for that is easy, choose configuration, trunk group, choose two ports and hit Add.It supports both 802.1Q Vlan (tagged/untagged/no member) and 802.1Q VID for your port setup, can even lock out certain types of frames per port.Also supports QoS options per each port.One feature I like to turn OFF is Spanning Tree Protocol, other wise called Loop in the switch and it features STP options I've never seen in a budget switch, like Path Cost, Priority, P2P, Edge, etc, for those real business use cases.IGMP snooping is there and so is Port based mirroring and Port isolation.And there are even more options, probably the most option packed budget switch I've ever encountered.The manual is a single page fold out with really nothing but technical data lists. If you already know what you are doing it's really not an issue. If you don't know what you are doing, there is always "reset".Lastly, performance.On a 5ghz wireless computer trying to copy a 96GB single file to the NAS on my old gigabit setup took 2.5 hours.On the exact same setup with the two new switches and port trunking, reduced the full delivery to 30 minutes and 40 seconds, and that is on WIRELESS 802.11ac. Imagine if I had a 2.5g wired network card.There are no fans and no noise on the units I bought.The front yellow lights are quite bright but my basement doesn't care. You might opt for black electrical tape.It uses a 12v plug in adapter for power with a cord length of maybe 3 to 4 ft?Sorry for the scattered review this time.Hope this helps someone take the plunge.

Picked up this switch as I'm upgrading my homelab to 2.5G network. One of the things I needed to do was to create different vlans using Opnsense to separate my lab from the rest of the network as I'm running a lot of multicast video.Good news:- It works, and its fast I'm able to transfer full line rate- Makes almost no noise- Dosent seem to have a large power drawMeh news:The UI is very simple but setting up a vlan is a little trick you need to configure 2 parts. Lets say your vlan is vlan50 be sure to assign your untagged port to the vlan in Configuration > Vlan > 802.1Q Vlan. The next step which took me forever to figure out is ALSO go in to Configuration > Vlan > 802.1Q VlD and add the same ports to match the VID. Or else you'll never get the port on the vlan. Some obscure googling on a random comment lead me to find this solution. Posting it here for the next person, hope it saves sometime.overall besides the issue which has a solution, its a great price for a managed switch that works great at 2.5G (havent tested 10G but I have no reason to think it doesnt work well)

This is a pretty basic but reliable switch. It offers 8 ports, each supporting 1GbE speeds. The link lights are small and located on top rather than next to each port, which is a good option if you need something less distracting in low-light settings. It is very compact for an 8-port design, making it easy to fit into tight spaces. It performs exactly as expected without any unnecessary extras.