With my constant need for ever more wired Ethernet ports everywhere (this time for the living room), I'm finding myself considering whether to just get a simple switch or get a router to use as a switch + wifi AP. Just to be clear, this device will be plugged into an upstream router and hence will not actually be performing any routing functions itself.
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Switch then. Pointless getting a router and just using it as a switch.
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Do your devices really need to use Ethernet? A n600/n900 ain't that expensive compare to a plain 8 port switch.
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All of my living room devices have wi-fi, so they certainly don't need to use Ethernet. It just speeds things up, makes streaming video less choppy, etc. etc.
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Streaming over WiFi isn't that hard. Unless it is a huge room, or those device have some crappy 1 antenna setup.
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The problem with streaming via wifi right now is that the (current upstream) router is quite far away from my living room - the signal has to pass through 3 walls. As a result, typical wi-fi speeds are something like 4-10 Mbps, and every few minutes the connection goes down to 0 for a couple of seconds before picking up again.
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Then get a cheap router as a AP. Perfect.
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Switch or router?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Peon, Jul 3, 2015.