Did they think over 1000 episodes wasn’t enough to keep up with?

Checkout Remote Desktop Manager from Devolutions. It let’s you do pretty much any type of remote connection you need to do, and can even do things like start your VPN for you before accessing a remote resource.

An sfp is just an interface type for a card that can house various ports, like a 2.5g ethernet port.

The L009 should fit your needs, though.

Are you looking for a wireless router, or an ethernet router? Either way, look at MikroTik. Iirc, they have few cheaper options with a 2.5g sfp cage.

If you can swing it, the RB5009U is a great one.

I love my RB5009U, and you can get rack mount wings for it.

If you want redundancy you could go with the L009s, but the RB5009U has better specs