Gigaplus GP-S25-0802P PoE 8-port 2.5GbE and 2-port 10G Review - Page 2 of 2

Feb 19, 2025

This is an unmanaged switch. As a result, we do not have a management interface.

In terms of performance, this was not stellar.

Like the non-PoE version, we saw slightly lower average performance on this switch compared to some of the others on the market. Realistically, for most use cases this is fine.

Inside the switch we get a 150W power supply.

At idle we got 2.6W. That is about 0.6W more than the non-PoE version. We expect to see PoE switches use a bit more power than their non-PoE counterparts.

With the 2.5GbE link up we got to 3.3W or about 0.7W over idle, or incrementally 0.1W more than we saw on the non-PoE version.

We used a 10Gbase-T SFP+ pluggable to add a good amount of power consumption in a SFP+ port and we got 4.3W for 1.7W over our baseline.

We also tested the ports and they can indeed power PoE+ devices. With the 150W power supply, and perhaps 11-16W for the main switch we get around 130W for a power budget across eight ports.

While we have it here powering the MikroTik CRS304-4XG-IN, it can only power 4-5 of these switches across its eight ports due to PoE budget limitations. Also, we do not have a management interface to power cycle devices remotely, which can be helpful when you are powering an AP or IP camera.

Final Words

The non-PoE version sells for about 60% of the price of this PoE version. Or another way to say that is that you might spend $40 or so more for the PoE function. One way to look at that is that this is the same capacity so you are just paying around $30-40 for the PoE function. Although it is squarely designed to be an ultra-cheap switch, not having a fan, and coming with rack ears makes it useful in many locations where a fan would be a non-starter.

Internally, the layout makes a lot of sense, but we are going to let folks draw their own conclusions on the build quality.

While the non-PoE Gigaplus GP-S25-0802 has become a favorite, the PoE version if it is on sale might also be a good option if folks just need something ultra-cheap with these features. This switch, however, has a lot going for it.

We purchased our unit on Amazon. Here is the affiliate link for this model.

You may have seen that we published the Ultimate Cheap Fanless 2.5GbE Switch Buyer’s Guide. We also recently published our Mega Round-up 2024 edition, in which we tested 21 new switches, but that was before we found this one.

We went into the expanded methodology where this video took over 5000 testing hours to produce in our MEGA 2.5GbE Switch Guide Update with 21 New Models Added piece.