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Editorial, 22 Aug 2026. Specs from maker pages and recent street reports. We have not burned these units in. Affiliate tags are not live.

QNAP QSW-2104-2S: unmanaged 2.5G with two 10G SFP+ for a NAS

Plug-and-play plus loop detect, not VLANs. For people who already own a QNAP (or any SFP+ NAS).

4× 2.5G + 2× 10G SFP+, unmanaged, fanless, 12 V / 1 A, 12 W max, Class B, 2-year warranty. We have not burned a unit in. Do not pad this with eight-port copper — that table is the closet roundup. Same recipe, usually cheaper: TEG-S562 vs QSW-2104-2S. When the cage is worth it: 2.5G vs a 10G uplink.

SKU QSW-2104-2S-A-US. QNAP store $129, in stock. Amazon $116 (B0BFC6QFRL). B&H $79.99 (was $129.99) — use B&H when that cut is live. Sibling QSW-2104-2T-A-US (2× 10GBASE-T + 4× 2.5G, B&H $149, Amazon B0974XNGJL) is the copper-10G footnote, not a second review.

The short list

BoxWhat it isStreet, 22 Aug 2026Buy if
QNAP QSW-2104-2S-A-US4× 2.5G + 2× 10G SFP+, unmanaged, fanless, loop detect, 12 W max, 2-yearQNAP store $129, in stock. Amazon $116. B&H $79.99 (was $129.99).You already own the NAS and you want the QNAP halo. Recheck B&H.
QNAP QSW-2104-2T-A-US4× 2.5G + 2× 10GBASE-T, unmanagedB&H $149.Copper 10G instead of DAC. Footnote only.

Skip

Skip this at $129 when the TEG-S562 is $52 and you do not care about the badge. Skip QSW-M2108-2C (fan, $349 and OOS). Skip QSW-1105-5T (empty shelf). Skip no-name 4×2.5G + SFP+ toys.

Sources

QNAP store QSW-2104-2S-A-US. Amazon QSW-2104-2S. B&H QSW-2104-2S. QNAP hardware specs. Street ranges move. Check the live price before you click.

Also in this lane

MikroTik CRS310-8G+2S+IN: 2.5G with RouterOS, and a fanReal L3-offload, VLANs, dual-boot SwOS / RouterOS v7 — and a fan. Best 2.5G switch for a closet labBuy an 8-port fanless unmanaged box unless you already know you need VLANs or a 10G uplink. TRENDnet TEG-S562: a 2.5G closet switch with a real 10G DACFour 2.5G copper ports and two 10G SFP+ cages, unmanaged and fanless.