What is a 2.5G Managed POE Switch ?

In recent years, with the gradual rise of various emerging scenarios, people have put forward higher requirements for network speed. Network communication related technologies are developing rapidly. In addition to 5G in the mobile field and home broadband scenarios, new features such as WiFi6 are rapidly popularized, while the coverage of high-speed broadband is also expanding.

At the same time, many flagship network devices have been quietly upgraded to the 2.5G interface  Managed POE Switch, for which there are two opposing voices.

2.5G port Managed POE Switch is to cut chickens with a knife. gigabit port can still meet the current mainstream demand, and consumers should not pay for unnecessary costs

2.5G is a rigid demand, gigabit port has fallen behind, unable to meet the demand of Aeon in emerging scenarios, 2.5G should become the standard of flagship network equipment in the future.

First, what is the 2.5G interface  Managed POE Switch?

The 2.5G port Managed POE Switch is the network interface with a 2.5 Gbps rate, and the actual rate is usually calculated at 2500Mbps.

Convert to a value we better understand, probably 312.5MB/s, which is the theoretical upper limit of downloading or uploading an Internet device in daily use.

In the early days, switches were usually divided into 100 and gigabit products, namely 100Mbps switches and 1000Mbps switches.

In recent years, the switch has become a trend from 100 megabit products to gigabit products. In the wireless scenario, the mobile phone computer supporting WiFi6 now runs out of the network speed of over 2000Mbps, which is not rare, at this time, gigabit port is easy to become a bottle, and the emergence of 2.5 Gbps network port is undoubtedly to increase the upper limit of network transmission rate greatly.

With a 2.5G port Managed POE Switch, will the Internet speed definitely soar?

Objectively speaking, what… The theoretical network speed provided by the 2.5G port Managed POE Switch can reach up to 312.5MB/s, which is far faster than expected.

But combined with the actual situation, it is very unlikely to achieve this rate. A switch or router with a 2.5G port Managed POE Switch increases the upper limit of the network speed, and for this rate, you must first have such a large broadband, and the rate will be significantly improved compared to a gigabit switch.