Fiber is super easy too. Fiber patch cables are extremely durable and don’t have glass in them. Very durable.
Cheap too!
I’d do the UBIQUITI Aggregation switch. 8 10 gig sfp+ ports. You do need to go fiber though as you can only use 4 ports if you use copper due to heat. Forget 2.5, it’s a weird speed. Just do 10
Set up a vpn on ur router and use rdp