The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/TheSexyDuckling on 2025-03-06 16:32:02.
Edit: Thanks all for your help! For now I think I’ll just stick with 500Mb plan and use a single gigabit switch for my 5 devices. I’ll be running 1 Cat6 cable from modem to switch and another spare cable backup.
Devices running at the same time would probably be: * 2x PoE cameras * 2x streaming devices like Nvidia Shield (4k remux streams) * 1x gaming PC
I don’t know if there’s any difference in using:
- Using two gigabit switches in 2 of the 4 LAN ports on the modem
- Using one 10Gb switch connected to the 10Gb ETH port on the modem.
In case 1, I’ll be limited to 333-500 Mbps per device. In case 2, I’ll be limited to 600 Mbps per device.
The reason I didn’t mention using a single gigabit switch is because then I would be limited to 200 Mbps each for 5 devices right?
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