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Would something like this work for my plans? Used gigabit network switch.

Invincible Sugar
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Hi! I currently have 7 devices connected to an ethernet switch in my bedroom, however I want to add more so I will need another switch.

 

My plan is to take the current 8 port switch I have now and use it at my PC desk in the future when I get around to hardwiring my PCs. Right now all are 5G/4G and/or WiFi.

 

Then, I would buy this off eBay, or something similar if it sells before I snag it, to use where the current switch is.

 

Here's what I'd be connecting to the new (used) eBay switch:

  • Samsung Smart TV Series 6
  • Chromecast Ultra 4K
  • Xbox X Series X 4K X ex X
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Wii
  • Epson ET-8500
  • Epson ET-8500
  • Epson TM-T88V
  • Some new gigabit NAS I'm gonna set up

These bold ones are the new things, everything until now has been fairly low bandwidth, honestly a 10/100 switch from decades ago would do fine, I only got the 8 port gigabit off Amazon because it was like $18 so, why not? But now that I need a 16 port I'm finding they go for $60 or more on Amazon, this used one on eBay is about what I paid for that 8 port switch, my only concern is it being so old, will it make an impact to my NAS?

 

My modem/router is an Arcadyan kvd21 which has gigabit ports anyways, so it's not like a 2.5 gigabit or 10 gigabit would allow the NAS to connect any faster to my PCs whenever I get around to hardwiring them anyhow... so I think this will all work fine, right?

 

Thanks in advance for any and all comments!

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you always can cascade those switches.

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14 minutes ago, Invincible Sugar said:

Hi! I currently have 7 devices connected to an ethernet switch in my bedroom, however I want to add more so I will need another switch.

 

My plan is to take the current 8 port switch I have now and use it at my PC desk in the future when I get around to hardwiring my PCs. Right now all are 5G/4G and/or WiFi.

 

Then, I would buy this off eBay, or something similar if it sells before I snag it, to use where the current switch is.

 

Here's what I'd be connecting to the new (used) eBay switch:

  • Samsung Smart TV Series 6
  • Chromecast Ultra 4K
  • Xbox X Series X 4K X ex X
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Nintendo Wii
  • Epson ET-8500
  • Epson ET-8500
  • Epson TM-T88V
  • Some new gigabit NAS I'm gonna set up

These bold ones are the new things, everything until now has been fairly low bandwidth, honestly a 10/100 switch from decades ago would do fine, I only got the 8 port gigabit off Amazon because it was like $18 so, why not? But now that I need a 16 port I'm finding they go for $60 or more on Amazon, this used one on eBay is about what I paid for that 8 port switch, my only concern is it being so old, will it make an impact to my NAS?

 

My modem/router is an Arcadyan kvd21 which has gigabit ports anyways, so it's not like a 2.5 gigabit or 10 gigabit would allow the NAS to connect any faster to my PCs whenever I get around to hardwiring them anyhow... so I think this will all work fine, right?

 

Thanks in advance for any and all comments!

I don't know much about networks but I would just buy another 8 port switch from amazon and link them together

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50 minutes ago, PowerPCFan said:

I don't know much about networks but I would just buy another 8 port switch from amazon and link them together

I could, but I will need another anyways when I do get my PCs hard wired, figured this would be the cheapest with the least hardware.

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1 hour ago, Anghammarad said:

you always can cascade those switches.

Yeah I could, but am I any worse off with an older gigabit switch like this one?

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9 minutes ago, Invincible Sugar said:

Yeah I could, but am I any worse off with an older gigabit switch like this one?

Well if you can get a new one for ~20 bucks, get a new one. 

 

An old used one you'll never now how long for example the lil power adapter will work. 

Main System:

Anghammarad : Asrock Taichi x570, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @4900 MHz. 32 GB DDR4 3600, some NVME SSDs, Gainward Phoenix RTX 3070TI

 

System 2 "Igluna" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

System 3 "Inskah" AsRock Fatal1ty Z77 Pro, Core I5 3570k @4300, 16 GB Ram DDR3 2133, some SSD, and a 2 TB HDD each, Gainward Phantom 760GTX.

 

On the Road: Acer Aspire 5 Model A515-51G-54FD, Intel Core i5 7200U, 8 GB DDR4 Ram, 120 GB SSD, 1 TB SSD, Intel CPU GFX and Nvidia MX 150, Full HD IPS display

 

Media System "Vio": Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5700X, 64 GB Ram DDR4 3200 Mushkin, 1 275 GB Crucial MX SSD, 1 tb Crucial MX500 SSD. IBM 5015 Megaraid, 4 Seagate Ironwolf 4TB HDD in raid 5, 4 WD RED 4 tb in another Raid 5, Gainward Phoenix GTX 1060

 

(Abit Fatal1ty FP9 IN SLI, C2Duo E8400, 6 GB Ram DDR2 800, far too less diskspace, Gainward Phantom 560 GTX broken need fixing)

 

Nostalgia: Amiga 1200, Tower Build, CPU/FPU/MMU 68EC020, 68030, 68882 @50 Mhz, 10 MByte ram (2 MB Chip, 8 MB Fast), Fast SCSI II, 2 CDRoms, 2 1 GB SCSI II IBM Harddrives, 512 MB Quantum Lightning HDD, self soldered Sync changer to attach VGA displays, WLAN

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1 hour ago, Anghammarad said:

Well if you can get a new one for ~20 bucks, get a new one. 

 

An old used one you'll never now how long for example the lil power adapter will work. 

Alrighty, that's what I'll do. Thank you!

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