[SOLVED] Hardwire devices

[Oscar202]

I have a home networking that has a modem and an eero router connect to the modem and a switch(The switch is connected to the eero router because of fewer ethernet ports.) In another room, I want to be able to hardwire about 4-5 devices(receiver, tv, PlayStation, Xbox, light hub, apple tv) but I only have on ethernet outlet in this room. What is the most effective way to do this?

 

[kanewolf]

Add a small gigabit switch in the room you want multiple connection. Shared uplink bandwidth shouldn't be an issue if you have a gigabit link back to your core network.

 

[Oscar202]

Thank you so much. I actually currently have an apple router in this room. What would change to change it to a switch? Sorry, I should have mentioned that in original post.

 

[kanewolf]

Thank you so much. I actually currently have an apple router in this room. What would change to change it to a switch? Sorry, I should have mentioned that in original post.

Small switches are pretty dumb devices. You plug them in and they just work. To get 5 devices, you probably want an 8 port switch since the uplink takes up one port so you only get 7 new ports.

 

[Oscar202]

Small switches are pretty dumb devices. You plug them in and they just work. To get 5 devices, you probably want an 8 port switch since the uplink takes up one port so you only get 7 new ports.

Would you recommend this? https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-8-Po...pY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1

 

[Oscar202]

Would you recommend this? https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-8-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet-Unmanaged/dp/B01AX8XHRQ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=12ZHKU2FQQL02&keywords=gigabit+switch&qid=1578593362&refinements=p_89:Cisco|NETGEAR&rnid=2528832011&s=pc&sprefix=giga,aps,161&sr=1-1-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyWjI1UzIwVTJTRU9PJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMjcyNjcxM00wN0NWMjhJVVRGUiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTg2NTQ3M0g2UldQU1BXUUhFRCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1

Or https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-8-Po...pY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1

 

[kanewolf]

Or https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-8-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet-Unmanaged/dp/B01AX8XHRQ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=12ZHKU2FQQL02&keywords=gigabit+switch&qid=1578593362&refinements=p_89:Cisco|NETGEAR&rnid=2528832011&s=pc&sprefix=giga,aps,161&sr=1-1-spons&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyWjI1UzIwVTJTRU9PJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMjcyNjcxM00wN0NWMjhJVVRGUiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNTg2NTQ3M0g2UldQU1BXUUhFRCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1

The links both show the same thing because of the multiple selector buttons. The GS308 switch would be fine.

 

[SamirD]

If everything is already plugged into that Apple router, as long as you have one more lan port empty (or even wan), you can just connect that to the one ethernet port you have.