Hi all

I have a router with 4 wired ports

Then I have two sixteen port switches connected

From there my house it hardwired like a mad man.

My question: Should I plug 2 ports from the router to each switch, will that free up a bottle neck?

the way I have it now there are 2 unused ports on the router. Seems a waste.

And I got like 10 things on each switch with only 1 Ethernet going to the router, isn’t that a terrible bottle neck ?

Thx

  • frizzbee30@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Nope, potentially heading for a broadcast storm with a bit of confused wiring… it happens!

    If you are worrying about throughput, you don’t understand networking, and especially not switching.

    Just daisychain as needed.