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Sep 8, 2026 2:46 PM

8-Port TP-Link 2.5 Gigabit Unmanaged Ethernet Switch + 10% Back w/ Prime Card

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Amazon has 8-Port TP-Link 2.5 Gigabit Unmanaged Ethernet Switch (TL-SG108-M2) for $54.99. Shipping is free.

Note: Amazon Prime Visa cardholders earn 10% back on the amount charged (info).

Thanks to Deal Hunter VaIentino for finding this deal.

Key features:
  • 8 x 2.5G Ethernet Ports
  • 40 Gb/s Switching Capacity
  • 29.8 Mpps Forwarding Rate
  • Desktop and Wall Mountable
  • Passive Cooling Design
  • Plug-and-Play

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  • Our research indicates this offer is $16.70 lower (23% savings) than the next best price from a reputable merchant at the time of this post.
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Amazon has 8-Port TP-Link 2.5 Gigabit Unmanaged Ethernet Switch (TL-SG108-M2) for $54.99. Shipping is free.

Note: Amazon Prime Visa cardholders earn 10% back on the amount charged (info).

Thanks to Deal Hunter VaIentino for finding this deal.

Key features:
  • 8 x 2.5G Ethernet Ports
  • 40 Gb/s Switching Capacity
  • 29.8 Mpps Forwarding Rate
  • Desktop and Wall Mountable
  • Passive Cooling Design
  • Plug-and-Play

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • Our research indicates this offer is $16.70 lower (23% savings) than the next best price from a reputable merchant at the time of this post.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
  • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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Sep 8, 2026 3:22 PM
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SimpuhlSep 8, 2026 3:22 PM
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I've been noticing a lot of standard gigabit switches dropping in price lately, and I think it's exactly because more and more people are upgrading to 2.5 Gb switches instead. However, what a lot of people don't realize about unmanaged switches is that without having bigger uplinks, you are still ultimately limited to that individual port speed when routing traffic back. I personally opted for a 2.5 Gb switch that features 10 Gb uplinks just so I could maintain a full 10 Gb pipe back down to my router.
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Sep 8, 2026 6:43 PM
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wdslkdSep 8, 2026 6:43 PM
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It looks like there's the TL-SG108-M2 (this) and the TL-SG108S-M2 (with added 'S'):A google search suggests the "S" is the later model. It looks like it has a slightly more compact design, but other than that it's not immediately clear if there are any other notable differences.
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IndigoHorn7692Sep 8, 2026 11:22 PM
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Become unmanageable
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DhrySep 9, 2026 1:16 AM
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I got the S model a couple weeks ago. Similar price. Works great and I think it's a little smaller. Sadly, both Mac minis I have max out at 1gbps with the built-in.
Sep 9, 2026 1:30 AM
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wdslkdSep 9, 2026 1:30 AM
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Quote from Dhry View quoted comment :
I got the S model a couple weeks ago. Similar price. Works great and I think it's a little smaller. Sadly, both Mac minis I have max out at 1gbps with the built-in.
I ended up getting a usb 2.5ge adapter for my mac minis (I'm using the ugreen, tho I bought them when they were $20 each; https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD1FDKT1)
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Sep 9, 2026 2:45 AM
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LaughtonSep 9, 2026 2:45 AM
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Quote from scholzpdx View quoted comment :
So wildly niche, why is this even a mention? It just reeks of someone justifying being upsold.
5gbps is becoming very common, very fast. I don't know if it had anything to do with infrastructure bill couple of years ago but in my Midwest area there are multiple fiber providers running around everywhere. Can't believe that two different companies laid fiber to each house in our neighborhood. And we already had xfinity with multi gig service. I'm paying $100 per month for 5gig service and they provide Eero Pros with 3 mesh extenders.
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Sep 9, 2026 2:47 AM
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Quote from wdslkd View quoted comment :
I ended up getting a usb 2.5ge adapter for my mac minis (I'm using the ugreen, tho I bought them when they were $20 each; https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD1FDKT1)
Doing the same for my mac mini and my work macbook's tb4 dock. Put it in the non-TB ports on both and get 2000d/2460 up via openspeedtest. Not a bad solution with everything mounted below the desk.
Sep 9, 2026 4:07 AM
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dealsgonebadSep 9, 2026 4:07 AM
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I bought the "S" version of this two weeks ago on Amazon for $54.99. I would not buy this older version for the same price!
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scholzpdxSep 9, 2026 6:23 AM
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Quote from Laughton View quoted comment :
5gbps is becoming very common, very fast. I don't know if it had anything to do with infrastructure bill couple of years ago but in my Midwest area there are multiple fiber providers running around everywhere. Can't believe that two different companies laid fiber to each house in our neighborhood. And we already had xfinity with multi gig service. I'm paying $100 per month for 5gig service and they provide Eero Pros with 3 mesh extenders.
The amount of people doing that has to be incredibly small. insignificant enough that I wouldn't and 99.99% of households would see any difference. A lot of delusion here by thinking that's a tangible amount of a market.

5Gbit? You think people are buying 5Gbit service in the states? It's surely under a few thousand for every large market, and the amount of households actually saturating that is an incredibly slim number of that.
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Sep 9, 2026 4:31 PM
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SimpuhlSep 9, 2026 4:31 PM
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Quote from scholzpdx View quoted comment :
The amount of people doing that has to be incredibly small. insignificant enough that I wouldn't and 99.99% of households would see any difference. A lot of delusion here by thinking that's a tangible amount of a market.

5Gbit? You think people are buying 5Gbit service in the states? It's surely under a few thousand for every large market, and the amount of households actually saturating that is an incredibly slim number of that.
Tell me you don't know what a network switch is used for without telling me.

You're confusing WAN with LAN. I didn't buy a switch to browse the internet faster; I bought it to move files between my local devices, backing up to my NAS, and streaming high-bitrate media locally.

Even if someone has standard internet, a 10Gb uplink ensures multiple 2.5Gb local clients don't bottleneck each other when routing internal traffic. It's okay if local networking isn't your thing, but calling basic network architecture 'delusional' just because you don't understand the difference between local traffic and your ISP bill is a weird look.
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FeistyPear4482Sep 9, 2026 7:18 PM
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Quote from Simpuhl View quoted comment :
Hey, no need to project your ultra-specific buffering frustrations onto my network setup! 😂
I'm not the one soapboxing my network setup.

None of your forum replies are helpful towards the deal whatsoever... The first response is a "observation" with a statement with no supporting facts. The an unsolicited "lesson" followed by soapboxing to justify why a 2.5Gb switch was a good purchase for yourself.

Your following reply is just demonstrating your "superiority" in knowledge with an correction then more bragging about how smart you are (or believe to be)... none of which is that difficult and anybody can search on YouTube and be on your level. You of course end with another more basic statements and insults to solidify yourself as a common redditor who acts intelligent, but just clogs up the chat.

I spent way too much time writing this reply just to let you know people like you are ruining a deal forum with your "expertise" - just because other simpletons "upvoted' your response they just see your "big words" and like to fit it... they have no idea what they are reading and forget this is for deals not for soapboxing.
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FeistyPear4482Yesterday 1:13 PM
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Quote from Simpuhl View quoted comment :
Tell me you don't know what a network switch is used for without telling me.

You're confusing WAN with LAN. I didn't buy a switch to browse the internet faster; I bought it to move files between my local devices, backing up to my NAS, and streaming high-bitrate media locally.

Even if someone has standard internet, a 10Gb uplink ensures multiple 2.5Gb local clients don't bottleneck each other when routing internal traffic. It's okay if local networking isn't your thing, but calling basic network architecture 'delusional' just because you don't understand the difference between local traffic and your ISP bill is a weird look.
They were responding to the other person's statement not yours so get off your high horse. They are correct... you on the otherhand... wannabe elitist response with some insults sprinkled on top. None of your responses provide value towards the deal. My previous response goes into more detail on that.
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SimpuhlYesterday 3:12 PM
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Quote from FeistyPear4482 View quoted comment :
I'm not the one soapboxing my network setup.

None of your forum replies are helpful towards the deal whatsoever... The first response is a "observation" with a statement with no supporting facts. The an unsolicited "lesson" followed by soapboxing to justify why a 2.5Gb switch was a good purchase for yourself.

Your following reply is just demonstrating your "superiority" in knowledge with an correction then more bragging about how smart you are (or believe to be)... none of which is that difficult and anybody can search on YouTube and be on your level. You of course end with another more basic statements and insults to solidify yourself as a common redditor who acts intelligent, but just clogs up the chat.

I spent way too much time writing this reply just to let you know people like you are ruining a deal forum with your "expertise" - just because other simpletons "upvoted' your response they just see your "big words" and like to fit it... they have no idea what they are reading and forget this is for deals not for soapboxing.
Imagine getting this upset over a basic discussion about network architecture on a tech deal thread. If talking about LAN vs. WAN bottlenecks is 'soapboxing' to you, you're free to scroll past. Hope your day gets better.
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FeistyPear4482Yesterday 3:26 PM
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Quote from Simpuhl View quoted comment :
Imagine getting this upset over a basic discussion about network architecture on a tech deal thread. If talking about LAN vs. WAN bottlenecks is 'soapboxing' to you, you're free to scroll past. Hope your day gets better.
That's the problem though. An interested buyer need to scroll past "basic discussion" that is unsolicited and not valuable at all. Sifting through garbage responses when it's not even relevant to the deal itself provides no value to the deal/product.
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