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megared17 /r/HomeNetworking
2 points
1970-01-20 12:14:17.561 +0000 UTC

For reference on pricing:

A very basic 5 port switch with 2.5Gbit ports - $90:

https://www.amazon.com/5-Port-Multi-Gigabit-Unmanaged-Entertainment-Network/dp/B0995S28PQ

A 16 port gigabit switch - $50:

https://www.amazon.com/Tenda-Unmanaged-Wall-Mount-Optimization-Protection/dp/B09F2T3PQ2/

A 4 port gigabit switch - $15:

https://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-Splitter-Optimization-Unmanaged-TL-SG105/dp/B00A128S24/

A *48* port gigabit switch - $100 - only slightly more than the FIVE port 2.5Gbit 5 port:

https://www.amazon.com/MokerLink-48-Gigabit-Rackmount-Unmanaged/dp/B0C53LCY65/

An eight port 2.5GBit switch - $130 - MORE than the 48 port gigabit switch, but with 1/8th the ports:

https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-2-5GBASE-T-Compatible-10-100-1000Mbps-TEG-S380/dp/B08XWKF55C/

talon_262 /r/googlefiber
0 points
1970-01-20 02:25:42.213 +0000 UTC

The Asus ROG Rapture GT-AX6000 is the only consumer router I've found right now with more than one 2.5GbE port (it has two that can apparently be configured for WAN/LAN, or in link aggregation mode for WAN/WAN or LAN/LAN):

https://rog.asus.com/us/networking/rog-rapture-gt-ax6000-model/

https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Rapture-Gaming-Router-GT-AX6000/dp/B09L8PCTPT?th=1

https://www.newegg.com/asus-gt-ax6000/p/N82E16833320517?Item=N82E16833320517&quicklink=true

From there, you can feed your 2.5GbE LAN port to a separate 2.5GbE switch for wired devices that have 2.5GbE NICs. In general, 2.5GbE switches are still fairly pricey compared to their gigabit brethren; in fact, I just had to buy a 5-port 2.5GbE switch and a 24-port gigabit switch a few days ago when a near-miss lightning strike took my "old" ones out (a Netgear gigabit switch I installed a couple of years ago after an eerily similar near-miss lightning strike took out the "eBay special" Cisco/Linksys switch I had for years, but I just got the TP-Link 2.5GbE switch last April). The 24-port gigabit switch (TP-Link) was only $90, but the 5-port 2.5GbE switch (Zyxel) was $120...and that was the cheapest model currently in-stock on Amazon (or anywhere else, for that matter, especially for next-day delivery):

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0995S28PQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

That said, you might be like me and be better-served to have your primary router/switch/WiFi access point(s) be discrete pieces; I run a mini-ITX PC with OPNSense and a dual-port 2.5GbE card as my router, with aforementioned 5-port 2.5GbE (for my main desktop and my media server) and 24-port gigabit (for everything else wired) switches, and three TP-Link Deco mesh WiFi units handling the wireless (all connected to the gigabit switch for wired backhaul).