The Mikrotiks are pretty reasonably priced (though you need adapters to go to RJ45, and you can only populate every other port due to heat). But you're right, t

The Mikrotiks are pretty reasonably priced (though you need adapters to go to RJ45, and you can only populate every other port due to heat). But you're right, the low end of switches are generally 10-20x more expensive IME.