【Upgrade】 SODOLA 8-Port Unmanaged 2.5G Switch| 8 x 2.5GBASE-T Ports,60Gbps Switching Capacity, Plug & Play,Fanless Homelab 2.5Gb Network Switch

Purchased 3x of these switches, from SOLDA to upgrade my home network. I got 2x 6 port with 2 SFP+ and one of the 8 port with 1 SFP+. I have most 2.5G RJ45 ports with cat5e on 2.5G and 1G. One of the switches tied into existing network that uses using 2x SFP+. It runs super cool compared to any other SFP switch I own. Overall the price is an excellent value saving me hundreds of dollars over name brand (for managed 2.5G switches). I have an existing Unifi network and didn't want to spend $200 more per 2.5G Unifi switch or wire in additional networking into my home.Speed: Iperf test TCP with 2 devices with 9k MTU on different ports in parallel for 30 seconds. 2.44Gb/s on one device, 2.46Gb/s on the other. UDP iperf tests showed 0% packet loss, 0.007ms jitter.Features: I am using the following features. All work well with minimal issues.VLANs tagged, native (PVID), and untagged. Jumbo frames at 9k. IGMP Snooping. 3x port LACP Trunk. RSTP with one SODOLA switch as root worked great and without any issues. QOS on Ports.Issues I faced:1. Admin interface was at 192.168.2.1 and I am under a different subnet. I first plugged it into my PC and setup DHCP and then moved it into desired room. One thing the interface doesn't tell you is you have to go to Tools -> Save to store settings when power cycles. Lost settings a few times before realizing it.2. My network doesn't have loops, but it went down multiple times during setup. What I found is that STP or RSTP must be enabled.3. Don't send ICMPs to the switch. I sent 9k ICMPs to test jumbo frames and every time it crashes the management interface and has to be power cycled.All issues were very minor with workarounds.

The switch is well built and works as advertised, supporting 2.5Gb speed.

This switch is a steal for the price and amount of ports you get! Branded switches are charging $200 or more and some of them even have less ports! I'm getting the full 2.5G bandwidth while having all 8-ports populated as well as the SFP+ 10G port. It also runs much cooler than my 10G MikroTik switch. The small form factor makes it very easy for me to place this on my cramped set up. For reliability, only time can tell. So far everything is running great! 👍

Works as advertised and has documentation. Build quality seems good so far. I would buy again.

I have a couple of 2.5Gbps computers and several 1Gbps plugged into the RJ45 jacks and one 10Gbps on the SFP+ port. Works great, delivers full speeds as advertised.

It did what it said it would do. The installation was straightforward.

Great little switch that performs well for the price. No issues connecting FCI DAC cables from Ebay to the SFP+ ports. Runs a bit warm, but not hot enough to cause concern. Hopefully it'll survive summer. iperf3 shows expected throughput on the 10gigabit SFP+ ports and the 2.5gigabit ports.As a bonus, the switch seems to have no issues naively passing frames with 802.1Q vlan tagging for sort of an "everything goes" set of trunk ports. There's no management, so you can't filter vlans or set up access ports, but this is still great for significantly boosting speeds on the cheap for a small homelab with a Proxmox (or similar) cluster.My only concern is the power supply, which seems a little cheap and lightweight. It runs cool, at least.

I connected 2 machines, both with 2.5Gb NICs, thru the switch. When I do a speed test between the two machines immediately after powering up the switch, I get data trasfer speeds of 2.30 to 2.36 Gb/sec. Perfectly acceptable. An hour or two later I run the same test and I 0.930 Gb to 0.96 Gb transfer rates. If I unplug the two cable from the switch and plug them into a female / female JR-45 coupler, I get 2.35 to 2.40 Gbps transfer rate.If I power cycle the ether net switch and plug the cables back into it, it goes back to 2.30-2.36 Gb transfer rates, then another hour later it drops back to 0.93 to 0.96 Gb again. The entire time the ether net NICs, and the switch ports indicate 2.5 Gb link speed.I bought 2 of these switches and they both exhibit the exact same behavior.

I have installed 3 of these and have connected the 10G ports with CAT6 cable runs. They work very well, providing a perfectly stable 10G link from my PC to my NAS that I use for 4K video editing and editing large Photoshop files. They're simple switches with no management, which is fine with me since my network doesn't require complexity. They're a massive upgrade from the old 1Gbps switches I used to use. Considering the excellent performance, I can't believe how inexpensive they are. Highly recommended.

there is no offical SODOLA website , phone number or email for support, overall device are good.

Seems as good as my TP-Link switch and cost half as much. Bargain.

Il s'agit d'un switch NON-géré, NON-administrable. C'est ça qui explique son prix.

Devo ancora fare dei test di connettività per capire come gestisce i 2,5gbps, allo stato attuale, basandomi sui led tutte le porte dovrebbero sfruttare quella banda.Nel mio caso è collegato in cascata ad uno switch 2,5gbps managed e poi al modem.