A switch won’t slow anything at home.
It’s super cheap and literally plug and play.
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Signtist@bookwyr.me 3 weeks ago
How beneficial is connecting via ethernet instead of wifi? My wifi mesh pods only have 1 ethernet out port, so I use it for my desktop. Not sure if I could split it or not, but I imagine if I did it’d slow down my desktop’s internet connection, which I’d rather not do.
Evotech@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Zortrox@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I can’t be sure since technology has so many different factors, but splitting a single Ethernet out into multiple with a network switch won’t really affect it much if at all. Cat5e cable/jack (common for most cables) gets 1 gigabit, so unless you have a gigabit connection and maxing out the connections already, you shouldn’t notice it.
As for WiFi, even though a lot of newer technology is great, it’s not going to beat Ethernet.
Signtist@bookwyr.me 3 weeks ago
Good to know, thanks! I did just upgrade to a gigabit fiber connection, but you’re right that I’m not usually maxing that out.
Smoogs@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah it barely makes a dip. It is one of the first things I tested when putting in a switch where I just go do the ookla speed test.