Save a whopping 62% on this 8-port multi-Gigabit 2.5G Ethernet switch in Amazon's Early Prime Day sale — upgrade your home network for just $49

I have plenty of time for a wireless network in my home, but I only use it for devices where latency isn't an issue. It's great for my phone, tablet, and some streaming, but if I want to game or download large files to the network storage, I prefer a wired setup, and there are never enough Ethernet ports available on a standard router from your ISP. With eight extra Ethernet ports, you should be good to go for connecting the majority of your devices. This TP-Link 8-Port Multi-Gigabit 2.5G Ethernet Switch is now just $49.99 after getting a massive 62% ($80) slashed off the $129.99 list price at Amazon in this pre-Prime Day deal.

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The TP-Link 8-Port multi-Gigabit 2.5G Ethernet switch (model: TL-SG108S-M2) is an 8-port switch with fast 2.5 Gbps speeds. Simply connect this device to your router to instantly expand the number of available Ethernet ports at your disposal. The Switch is unmanaged, so there is no configuration of static IP addresses, just plug and play when you connect up your devices. The TP-Link switch will intelligently sense the link speeds of your device and adjust between three speeds (100Mb/1G/2.5G) to give you the optimum network experience.

You can use this 8-port switch to connect to your television, gaming PC, Xbox/PlayStation, WiFi mesh network, NAS, private server, VOIP phone, or even security cameras. Anything you feel would benefit from a more stable wired connection.

You can choose to install the TP-Link TL-SG108S-M2 on the desk, or even wall-mount it up out of the way, to keep any possible cable-clutter off your workspace, and out of sight. The TP-Link TL-SG108S-M2 uses a fanless design to dissipate heat, so there is no noise disturbance, ensuring silent operation. In the box is the switch itself, a power adapter, and some rubber feet if you choose to install it on a desktop.

Saving 62% off the usual retail price makes this switch an exceptional bargain in today's economy. Picking up an 8-port TP-Link TL-SG108S-M2 switch for just $49.99 is a quick win for anyone wanting to upgrade their small home network.

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11 Comments Comment from the forums

bit_user

I have one of these. That's an even better price than I got mine for, back in December 2025.
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S58_is_the_goat

Call me when 10gbps switches cost this much...
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bit_user

S58_is_the_goat said:
Call me when 10gbps switches cost this much...
That'll be the day!

It was back in about 2003 that I first saw a 5-port gigabit switch sell for around $100. That's when we started to deploy gigabit at my office and I got an 8-port model (with jumbo frames support) at home, in 2005.

Fast forward to March 2020 and that's when I got a 10-port switch with 2x 10 gigabit ports for $300. It also had 2x 5 gigabit ports and 2x 2.5 gigabit ports. It was actively-cooled and burned about 10W at idle, so I didn't really love it. Last year, I replaced it with a 4x 2.5 gigabit + 2x 10 gigabit switch that I got on Amazon for $35 (in addition to an older TP-Link gigabit switch). But, that didn't have quite enough 2.5 gigabit ports (and I thought it might've developed some instability which actually turned out just to be a bad cable), which is when I got this TP-Link switch for about $70 (IIRC, list price was like $120).

I've found I'm not as price-sensitive to this stuff as I am concerned about noise, heat, and reliability. And TP-Link has a much stronger brand reputation than most of the other cheap switches. So, I was pretty happy to find this switch and add it to my setup. I'm fine with most of my machines still running only 2.5 gigabits. I think 5 gigabits is where I'll look next.
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thestryker

S58_is_the_goat said:
Call me when 10gbps switches cost this much...
That's never going to happen unless there's a closeout because someone's shutting up shop. Realtek has done about the best anyone can hope for with the RTL8127 which has dropped prices significantly (NICs can be had for $35-45). I suspect for 10Gb RJ45 the per port cost is probably going to be around $25 so a really good sale might see an 8-port switch hit as low as $150.

I've stuck with SFP+ for mine because the power consumption is lower as are the per port costs. The biggest drawback is wire length, but 7m is plenty for me so this is a non-issue.
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bit_user

Here's the 4 + 2 switch I mentioned (now selling for $34):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNDSXHCK
I replaced the power supply with a higher-quality model and propped up one side to encourage more convection. Was planning to do some more intrusive cooling mods, but never got around to it.

The two ports are SFP+, which was fine because I already had a pair of SFP+ cards from ebay. Note that a lot of the cheaper SFP+ cards, on the used market, are x8.
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S58_is_the_goat

It's a conspiracy I tell ya, after 20 years we went from 1gbps to 2.5gbps. If the cpu industry moved this slow we'd still be using Pentium 4's at 10ghz...
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gggplaya

No POE, No Care
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gggplaya

S58_is_the_goat said:
It's a conspiracy I tell ya, after 20 years we went from 1gbps to 2.5gbps. If the cpu industry moved this slow we'd still be using Pentium 4's at 10ghz...

The industry was supposed to move up to 10gbps, we waited, we waited, we waited some more, but nothing. Then they figured out that office buildings were wired with CAT5e and no one wanted to go through the hassle of ripping it all out and upgrading to CAT 6a.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLn1wuwlMlmrvBiSwtdqHrTya3eBTUYyjtkr70SoiukeCz_1fFKJwjfuw&s=10
So the IEEE came up with 2.5gbe and 5gbe (802.3bz) in 2016 which would allow for the use of existing CAT5e. It takes several years after the standard is finalized for companies to make chips and components to support it. 2.5Gbe became the most prevalent because you didn't have to worry about the length, noise or the quality of the cable, as it is fully interoperable with gigabit infrastructure.

https://www.fullcontrolnetworks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Aruba-MultiGig-standards.jpg
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bit_user

S58_is_the_goat said:
It's a conspiracy I tell ya, after 20 years we went from 1gbps to 2.5gbps. If the cpu industry moved this slow we'd still be using Pentium 4's at 10ghz...
Well, not in terms of single-thread performance. CPUs have advanced very slowly, on that front, over roughly the same period since 1 Gbps went mainstream.

I'm glad the 2.5 and 5 Gbps tiers were added, but it was done too late. If that had been done sooner, then we might actually be at 10 Gbps, now. It's hard to say, because 10 Gbps networking doesn't have quite the same mass appeal as 1 Gbps networking. A 1 Gbps LAN is still good enough, for most consumers. It's mainly data transfer between computers on a LAN that demands more - and that's not something the average person hardly ever does.

Actually, 2.5 Gbps had started to catch on in 2019 and 2020, but the pandemic-related supply chain problems sort of hit the reset button on that, and it took a couple more years for 2.5 Gbps to gain its foothold in the mainstream market segment.
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bit_user

gggplaya said:
The industry was supposed to move up to 10gbps, we waited, we waited, we waited some more, but nothing.
I was there, waiting with you! However, I think it was just too big a leap.

gggplaya said:
So the IEEE came up with 2.5gbe and 5gbe (802.3bz) in 2016 which would allow for the use of existing CAT5e.
I think it wasn't "the IEEE", but rather some company that came up with it and then advanced it as an IEEE standards proposal. I forget which.

gggplaya said:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQLn1wuwlMlmrvBiSwtdqHrTya3eBTUYyjtkr70SoiukeCz_1fFKJwjfuw&s=10
BTW, the funny thing about this graphic is that it's just wrong about datacenters using Cat 8. That's way too inefficient for them. They'd use either QSFP+ DAC cables or optical. It's really just consumers and commercial/office users that are still using twisted-pair.
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