Adding unmanaged switches is a cheap and easy strategy, but a limited one. Unmanaged switches may be susceptible to loops (no Spanning Tree support), have no broadcast control (no VLAN support), and lack support for features such as Quality of Service (QoS) and Link. After hands-on testing, I can tell you the BrosTrend 8-Port 2. 5Gbps speeds across all ports mean you get near-gigabit performance, perfect for smooth streaming and fast file sharing. The static link aggregation mode enables up to 5Gbps. The router he used in that guide is an unmanaged switch that makes no mention of supporting link aggregation. An 8-port, Layer 2 switch made for 10G SFP+ connections.