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Is there a reason to use a dedicated switch with a home router? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 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?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

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

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