Brand

GigaPlus

GigaPlus names the chip and the heat sink

Two GigaPlus units

A single-socket 2.5-gigabit PCIe network card and the GP-GS1602P, an eighteen-socket switch with sixteen PoE+ sockets.

The card

The listing names the Realtek RTL8125B controller and Wake on LAN in its title, supplies standard and low-profile brackets, names a heat sink, and says where the driver comes from on every system but Windows 10: Realtek’s own site. It fits ×1, ×4, ×8 and ×16 slots.

The switch

Sixteen PoE+ sockets under IEEE 802.3af/at share 250 W, with two gigabit uplinks, a one-key VLAN mode that isolates the powered sockets from each other, 4 kV lightning protection and a built-in power supply. The page never says what one socket can deliver, and its title says desktop or wall mounting where a bullet says desktop or rack — the two lines to confirm before installation.

Every GigaPlus unit reviewed here

PCIe network cards

GigaPlus 2.5-gigabit PCIe card on a Realtek RTL8125B, brackets both ways

one 2.5GBASE-T socket · Realtek RTL8125B · Wake on LAN · fits ×1, ×4, ×8 and 16 · two brackets · heat sink · driverless on Windows 10

A single-socket 2.5-gigabit card on a Realtek RTL8125B with Wake on LAN, a heat sink and both brackets, that says where its drivers come from on every system but Windows 10.

Best for: A desktop moving to 2.5-gigabit where Wake on LAN and a heat sink are wanted and the driver will be fetched from Realtek on Linux or macOS.

7.8/10

≈ $20

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PoE switches

GigaPlus GP-GS1602P, eighteen-socket unmanaged switch with sixteen powered sockets

802.3af and 802.3at · 250 W total, no per-socket figure · sixteen powered of eighteen · two gigabit uplinks · one-key VLAN mode · unmanaged

An eighteen-socket switch with sixteen powered sockets and a 250 W shared budget, which never states what one socket can deliver and contradicts itself about how it mounts.

Best for: A building with a dozen or more cameras where the total draw is known and the switch will live in a cupboard, and where the per-socket question can be settled with the seller first.

7.8/10

≈ $100

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What each GigaPlus review concluded

GigaPlus 2.5-gigabit PCIe card on a Realtek RTL8125B — A clearly written RTL8125B card with Wake on LAN, a heat sink, both brackets and a straight answer on drivers, two dollars above the cheapest cards on the same chip.
GigaPlus GP-GS1602P — The right size for a real camera installation and the wrong page to buy it from unread.

Every price named in a summary was read on the date that review carries. What a shop asks today is shown beside the product, and it moves.