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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] 12 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?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is PoE but I don't have any PoE-powered devices.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

...yet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Now you need an access point.