Please forgive my lack of networking knowledge!
Could I use a 5 port switch to "split" the internet signal from my Motorola cable modem sending "half" the signal to a wired PC & then the other "half" to router's WAN port?
My old Verizon router is slow, but ok for most of my needs so far. I want to avoid a new router if I can.
The ONLY "network" components I have are an old VERIZON FIOS Actiontec MI424WR Rev. I Gigabit Wireless N GigE Router, and a relatively new Motorola modem.
Ookla at the modem's ethernet port tests at 450mbps.
I have about 450mbps out the modem, but the 4 wired ports & wifi on the router are like 15-25 mbps each. I have 4 wired ports & like 28 wifi devices that are mostly all Alexa's and Alexa lamp controls.
Can I "split" the 450 mbps with a switch, sending 1 port on the new switch to the Verizon router's WAN port and one port on the switch to a wire going to the desktop upstairs?
Does a 5 port unmanaged switch split the mbps equally 4 ways (110 mbps per port), or how does that work?
Could I use a 5 port switch to "split" the internet signal from my Motorola cable modem sending "half" the signal to a wired PC & then the other "half" to router's WAN port?
My old Verizon router is slow, but ok for most of my needs so far. I want to avoid a new router if I can.
The ONLY "network" components I have are an old VERIZON FIOS Actiontec MI424WR Rev. I Gigabit Wireless N GigE Router, and a relatively new Motorola modem.
Ookla at the modem's ethernet port tests at 450mbps.
I have about 450mbps out the modem, but the 4 wired ports & wifi on the router are like 15-25 mbps each. I have 4 wired ports & like 28 wifi devices that are mostly all Alexa's and Alexa lamp controls.
Can I "split" the 450 mbps with a switch, sending 1 port on the new switch to the Verizon router's WAN port and one port on the switch to a wire going to the desktop upstairs?
Does a 5 port unmanaged switch split the mbps equally 4 ways (110 mbps per port), or how does that work?
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