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Is there a reason to use a dedicated switch with a home router? (lemmings.world)
submitted 1 year ago by moody@lemmings.world to c/networking@sh.itjust.works
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My work gave me a L2 switch because they were going to toss it out. Is there any reason for me to use that over the built-in switch from my ISP's router/modem?

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[โ€“] planish@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More ports? Faster ports?

More total throughput between pairs of ports that want to talk to each other at the same time maybe?

[โ€“] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Also while unlikely, if it's PoE you can power stuff with it