Switch vs Router

[WOLVERINE007]

If I am streaming online games in twitch and youtube for 8 hours a day, which one is better in terms of speed, stable ping, connectivity persistency, a gigabit switch or a gigabit router? btw my internet speed is 120Mbps UP and DOWN. Please reply asap! Thank you!

[jj9987]

Switch and router serve two completely different purposes. What do you have and what do you trying to achieve?

[TheKDub]

6 minutes ago, WOLVERINE007 said:

If I am streaming online games in twitch and youtube for 8 hours a day, which one is better in terms of speed, stable ping, connectivity persistency, a gigabit switch or a gigabit router? btw my internet speed is 120Mbps UP and DOWN. Please reply asap! Thank you!

There won't be much of a difference, if any.

 

A switch will just allow you to connect more devices via ethernet, and some control over the network if it's a managed switch. A router will give you wifi access, allow more devices connected via ethernet, and generally include a firewall, as well as some network controls.

[WOLVERINE007]

14 minutes ago, jj9987 said:

Switch and router serve two completely different purposes. What do you have and what do you trying to achieve?

i am trying to achieve smooth streams with stable pings in game!

[PsyOpWarlord]

A router basically connects your network to the internet via your modem.  It handles the network traffic routing and can assign IP addresses.  Most routers have a small switch built it, say 4 LAN ports (some have more some less) that connects your devices.

 

Switches are generally uses to add more Ethernet connections to your network.  So if your router has 4 Ethernet ports but you have 10 computers you wanted wired on the network, you add a switch to expand the ports that are available.

 

So if your router has all the ports you need to connect your devices, you generally don't need a separate switch. 

 

That is a very basic breakdown.