News TRENDnet announces more affordable 5 and 8 port 2.5GbE Switches

[thiggins]

Both are unmanaged in metal cases. 8-Port Unmanaged 2.5G Switch, TEG-S380​

8 x 2.5GBASE-T ports Backward compatible with 10/100/1000Mbps devices 40Gbps switching capacity Product page: www.trendnet.com/products/TEG-S380 MSRP: $189.99 (Amazon $165)

5-Port Unmanaged 2.5G Switch, TEG-S350​

5 x 2.5GBASE-T ports Backward compatible with 10/100/1000Mbps devices 25Gbps switching capacity Product page: www.trendnet.com/products/TEG-S350 MSRP: $144.99 (Amazon $125)

 

[RMerlin]

It's starting to get there. I'm waiting for price drops before I can upgrade my own LAN to move to 2.5Gbps.

 

[thiggins]

If you're waiting for 1GbE prices, you're gonna wait forever!

 

[RMerlin]

Until now, just getting two 2.5 Gbps ports on a switch was 200-250$ CAD. These two new switches are a big step forward.

 

[somms]

Until now, just getting two 2.5 Gbps ports on a switch was 200-250$ CAD. These two new switches are a big step forward.

FWIW: Noticeable LAN speed increase using RT-AX86U running your firmware thru XGS1210-12 which has dual 2.5Gbps & 10G SFP+(not currently using) and is also managed (possible firmware updates) for not much more than those trendnets...

 

[ChatmanR]

Which is preferable at the same price point; the Netgear GS110MX or the TRENDnet TEG-S380?

 

[sfx2000]

$25 bucks a port - the 8 port device seems to be a good value there...

I wouldn't do the 5-port one, one will always need one more port...

Nice to see prices come down a bit.

 

[John Davis]

Which is preferable at the same price point; the Netgear GS110MX or the TRENDnet TEG-S380?

not really comparable - one is 8 * 2.5gbe ports, the other 2 * multigig (10/5/2.5) ports plus 8 * 1gbe ports, so 'prerferable' comes down to both how many 2.5gbe clients and whether you could actually use faster ports than 2.5gbe

There's also the qnap m2108-2c with 8 * 2.5gbe ports and 2 multigig ports (combo rj45/sfp+) at about the same price as the gs110emx just to further confuse things....

 

[Maverick009]

Good to finally see pricing come in line with switches as 2.5Gbps starts to become the normal on motherboards and 5/10Gbps following not that far behind these days. Last piece of the puzzle was the switches. Waiting on a managaged switch to hit the sweet spot, but I could see picking up an unmanaged switch in the short term with those prices. Even cable modems are moving to 2.5Gbps Ethernet connections. This is good news.

 

[Tucu]

While we are discussing cheaper 2.5GbE switches, are the TP-Link TL-SG105-M2 and TL-SG108-M2 new models?
Wifi-stock (based in Lithuania) has them listed for $89+VAT (5-port) and $137+VAT (8-port)