Real HD 8 Port 2.5G Ethernet Switch Unmanaged Network Switch with 8 x 2.5 Gigabit | 1 x 10G SFP+ | Work with 10-100-1000Mbps Devices | 60G Bandwidth | Plug & Play | Fanless Quiet Metal Internet Switch

No issues with these. I haven't tried the SFP connection with optical. It would be ideal for daisychain more than one of these together. It does connect at 2.5Gbps and gives the rated speed. I didn't feel any heat concerns with it. Just plug and play. Your modem/router needs to support 2.5Gbps and ISP to support 2Gbps speeds or faster to see the results on speedtest with a 2Gbps plan for faster. Home use device to device on LAN you should see about 220MB a second file transfers depending on your device capabilities.

Works very well. Silent and doesn’t get warm, even under load. The SFP+ port is great for both uplinks and downlinks, and supports 10 gig ethernet or fiber adapters.

review of - Real HD 8 Port 2.5G Ethernet Internet Switch Unmanaged 8 x 2.5 Gigabit Ports | 1 x 10G SFP+ | Works with 10-100-1000Mbps Devices | 60G Bandwidth | Plug & Play | Fanless Quiet Metal Switch - headline: excellent - stays reasonably cool - provides full bandwidth throughput - may purchase more - installation: easy, just plug in ethernet cables from multiple computers - temperature: the switch seems to stay reasonable cool. The previous 2.5G switch I purchased heated up and throttled. - conclusion: This switch is good enough and economical enough that I may purchase several of them and cascade them.

Used for connecting nodes to my NAS. Works perfect

It does work, and is very cheap. You're not going to get the absolute maximum possible performance compared to a quality name brand switch that costs twice as much, but if you don't care about squeezing every last ounce of performance, this switch should do fine.

Simple plug-n-play switch to connect multiple 2.5G devices to your network. Plugs into a standard electrical outlet for power, via a plug adapter, and provides 5 2.5Gb ports (1 in and 4 out), plus one 10Gb SFP port. It's quiet and small enough to place almost anywhere. Accepts standard RJ-45 network cables, which should be CAT 6 or above for full speed transfer.

The adoption of network speeds above 1GB from ISPs combined with the inclusion of 2.5GB NICs from OEMs seems to be the catalyst needed to bring down the price on 2.5GB switches. A new ISP in town is bringing 2.3GB fiber optic service out this fall, so I thought now is the time to make the jump to be ready. I have a one-level house that is really long that makes WiFi unattainable throughout the whole house without employing several access points or a large mesh to cover the distance. The challenge is extended by the demarcation point for service being located at the extreme end of the house. The really nice feature of this switch is that 2.5GB speed is possible with CAT 5e or higher cabling. That means you can simply drop this switch in place of your existing 1GB switch and have the capability of 2.5GB. I can upgrade my wired network to 2.5GB for a fraction of what it would cost me to install a mesh network that would cover the entire house and have higher throughput as well. Another very nice feature of this switch in addition to the robust 60Gbps switching capacity is the inclusion of the 10GB SFP+ port. This is an attractive feature for layouts like mine that involve long cable runs between rooms with multiple devices. This makes it easy to run a high bandwidth link between locations with the added benefit of being able to run fiber optic to avoid interference. I'm looking forward adding another of these switches to the network to achieve 2.5GB end-to-end throughout the house. 3 of my PCs already had Killer 2.5 NICs, so replacing the switch is all I needed to get up and running. A few more NICs and a couple more switches and I'll be all set.

This switch works as intended. Nothing fancy or special about it—it just does the job it’s meant for. Plug it in, connect your cables, and it works without any issues. Solid and reliable for basic network expansion.