And not to mention the action movie-like intro sequence 😂

Dude that's exactly how I just felt

Meter Pangs what if your router has an uplink but the switch does not? Do i need the cross over cable?

+Lloyd Morrison thanks Lloyd

Hey! my name is max and i have been struggling with this for a while now, i play alot of league of legends but what i have noticed is that whenever my parents come home my internet gets very bad, i have done some research and apparently its because of the iCloud, apparently the iCloud is automatically connecting to my wifi when they come home and this is affecting it. im just wondering, if i add more switches will it fix the problem? and if not are there anyways you know that could fix my problem

Turn off iCloud. No more switches wont fix it, worsen it actually. You might just need a bigger bandwidth monthly package, talk your parents into it lol... 50Mbps is necessary now days, you might have a cheaper 5 or 10 to save money. If you do have a good service speed and a little savvy read on: First, you have to be the network administrator then go into your routers settings (login page, ID, and password), if you don't know how to get there (usually 192.168.0.1) ask your parents, if they are computer savvy they will likely know what you did though, which could cause their TV shows to buffer if they use online videos and you have less than a 50gbps subscription. If they are not so great with a computer ask for the router settings login or better yet find it on your own if possible. Once there Go into DHCP\Address Reservation and reserve the IP you have now so you will always have it (probably is one of these ten 192.168.0.100-110). The router will tell you the IP or go to cmd and type C:\>ipconfig. Now go to 'Bandwidth Control' and 'Enable' then set Egress (upload in Kbps usually, so 5120 is 5Mbps) and Ingress (download speed typ. Kbps) rules so you and your reserved IP are unlimited (or the mass) and all the other IP ranges have a max of 35-60% bandwidth depending on what they do, how many people in your home, and if any complaints arise, if they already do you probably have a very low monthly Mbps monthly plan, also prime time day hours tend to slow a little regardless. This way you are getting a big slice of the pie because you need it, and their simple browsing is not and won't slow down if that's all they do because they don't need 50mbps to KZfaq or just do what most people do online, the router default splits bandwidth into equal parts so if 6 people are online you all get 16.7% of the available speed if you are all max usage, most all modems and routers are smart and will allocate based on need though, so you should be getting 80% or more at most times when they are not loading or just reading content. So it sounds like it's most likely that you just need more bandwidth... Possibly a faster computer and you're confusing CPU and RAM lag with internet lag, or you need to set bandwidth control like I mentioned above, but it seems like the least likely option now that I think of it, unless your cable modem, router and internet equipment is pretty old, update the firmware, get a better router online, if you are just using the one supplied by your provider it's definitely worth the 80 bucks or less for a good (not great but 80 get's you a good router) wireless/wired router with FTP USB on back. And disable your cloud, Google Drive robs my RAM.. Probably same with Apple.. Better yet switch to PC,.

ImKeyser_Söze well actually bud i have and did have about 110mbps while also having 400g we had basically the best internet we could buy and it was still affecting it, i changed to an ethernet cable and everything was fixed thanks anyways tho

MaxAnthonyCope You can still snag more of the bandwidth through the router settings and DHCP and bandwidth control, or setting up guest accounts and throttling egress and ingress speeds... 110mbps you are cruising though if you actually are receiving that from the company so no need I guess! I have 50 and it's always been plenty even with 3 people streaming HD

A switch needs to be connected to a router because the router issues the connected device’s required IP address

Cable in wall

Connect the router to the switch

+Dexter Brewer to the WAN port on the router

Thank you Tracy

lol, well its' only been 5 years but I'll still give you my answer. I'm no expert but I believe routers are much slower at processing data than switches. Plus you have to go in and configure the second router to behave like a switch, which can be tricky if you don't know what you're doing.

+Sohaib Ahmed - Aren't WEP and WPA2 for WI-FI only? What security protocols would be needed on a hardwired LAN connection inside your own house/office? Aren't you behind the firewall on your router? He's only talking about your LAN connections which are NOT available to the outside world (i.e. WAN).

Chris Jones wifi can interface with LAN. That's what I believe the commenter was trying to say atleast. Then again a LAN cable is synonamous with an ethernet Cable or rj45 these days. Atleast the op didn't commit the cardinal sin of referring to wifi as the internet

11 or 12, yes

Its a regular straight through cat5 patch cord. Don't know answer to the WAN / cross over cable question however.

Hi - You can generally use the WAN connection in a router to connect to another router. The secondary router would get the internet however it would have its own subnet, and so computers wouldn't be able to share files etc.

+Jeff Nield switches separate broadcast domains. routers separate networks. unless you need to have your nas on a different network there will be no need to use a router

I know this is old and you've probably already come to a conclusion on this but I'll answer anyway for future readers. Simply put it depends on the switch you are using. The switch in this video is unmanaged meaning you have no way of accessing it to change any settings, it's just plug and play. So in that case you'd want to have the router connected to the modem and then the unmanaged switch connected to the router.

@@MMMHOTCHEEZE Yeah, i figured it out a while back but thanks for the reply.

No, you don't. If you choose to use one of the regular ports, just keep in mind that you will need to use a straight through cable when going from a switch to a router, and a crossover cable when going from a switch to another switch, or a router to another router. What the uplink port does is removes the requirement of needing to use different types of cables.

Maybe the ethernet jack isn't hooked up to the router on the other end of the wire? Maybe you patch cord is bad? Hard to say

Not in this situation David, DHCP automatically assigns IP addresses which is still needed. All the switch does is to expand the total number of useable LAN ports. You would disable DHCP is you wanted to turn a 2nd router into a switch. In this video the switch is simply just a switch

All About Home Electronics.com Thanks for the reply. In my case I was trying to configure a second router on the network and needed to disable the DHCP. This video helped and I was able to set it up correctly.

David Eichel David That's cool. Thank you for watching.

Yes

If you want VLANs you're going to need a more advanced switch. One of these switches simply allows you to connect more devices to your network. They don't offer any configuration options like a more advanced Cisco or Juniper switch would. Routers do not do VLANs.

what about openvswitch.org

+Rudy Diaz Hey thanks Rudy :)

Yes.

@@Allabouthomeelectronics Thank you. I'm looking at the Netgear ProSafe 5-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch (unmanaged). Would there be any cross issues between the tv, computer, and maybe later, a home surveillance system and/or Ring hook up?

Make certain when connecting the switch to your existing internet connected router that your connecting compatible ports. It will tell you in switch instructions

@@Allabouthomeelectronics Thanks again. My computer is currently hooked up to the ethernet connection I want to expand with the switch. Since it's been working fine for the last couple of years, I'm assuming adding the switch should work out ok.

it connects more than one computer to a local network and, when connected to the Internet, it permits Internet traffic to be "routed" to the correct computer connected on the local network.

All About Home Electronics.com Right. Your pronunciation of the word kind of threw me off. I've always heard it pronounced as "roo-ter". Rout (noun), pronounced the same way I guess you would pronounce "route", is a disorderly retreat of defeated troops.

or to beat another team in soccer badly....but...we are only about electronics :)

To avoid any misunderstanding, the correct spelling is "router".

stephen mears he's saying it correctly, just like grout and bout

That is not a Switch either, it is a HUB. there is a big difference.

Yes, definitely! Most modern devices don't need it. If you have older device and it doesn't work, you'll have to use cross-over cable. Uplink port just crosses transmit and receive wires (cross-over cable does the same thing) so it eliminates the need to use cross-over cable. But pretty much all modern devices suport Auto MDI-X, that detects if the connection would require a cross-over, and automatically switches the port to MDI-X (uplink) mode. Btw. You have to connect uplink port to normal port! Never connect two uplink ports together as shown in the video! The cross-over have to happen only on one side, if you connect two uplink ports together it'll be as if you connected two normal ports together! So if your switch does have uplink port, you can connect it to any port on the router (except the WAN port) and even if the devices don't support Auto MDI-X it will work.