How do I turn a spare router into a dumb switch

Mar 03, 2023 Last reply: 3 years ago 62 Replies

nospam snipped-for-privacy@nospam.invalid wrote in news:130320232227338438% snipped-for-privacy@nospam.invalid:

No sh*t?

Note, those are tests of ONE router, with ONE client that is capable if WiFi6.

That is just not real world.

Let's see with a few other devices of varying capabilities. Maybe one wireless streaming Netflix, another XBox playing a network game, and several phones, etc. And let's have varying distances and obstructions, like a home would have.

correct, which is what's needed for a comparison without adding any confounding factors.

it's very much real world, versus the (inflated) marketing numbers.

that has nothing to do with wired versus wireless, and anyone can create a scenario to fit whatever conclusion they want.

nevertheless, in the above scenario, a gaming router (which is basically just canned qos settings) would be a good choice for prioritizing the xbox. streaming video doesn't use much bandwidth and phones are normally idle (and rarely use much bandwidth when not), so custom qos settings might not even be needed.

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