Router crashing when downloading large files

[Niels G]

Hi,

Whenever I would like to download a huge file, let's say a game or even Netflix, my bridget router will crash after a while. Would it help if I buy a switch, and then connect my PC and bridged router to the switch instead of my pc directly to the bridged router? So Fiber > Router > Switch > Bridge AND PC?

 

My network at the moment

[Lurick]

What model is the bridged router?

Adding a switch won't help the matter though since the traffic is still going to hit the bridge

[Niels G]

2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

What model is the bridged router?

Adding a switch won't help the matter though since the traffic is still going to hit the bridge

The router is a TP-Link WDR 4300

 

I would like to connect the PC to the switch, so the data will not go to the bridged router but will go straight to my PC through the switch

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, NielsG said:

The router is a TP-Link WDR 4300

 

I would like to connect the PC to the switch, so the data will not go to the bridged router but will go straight to my PC through the switch

so why do you have this router? Get a switch here.

[Lurick]

1 minute ago, NielsG said:

The router is a TP-Link WDR 4300

 

I would like to connect the PC to the switch, so the data will not go to the bridged router but will go straight to my PC through the switch

Ah, I read that backwards.

I thought you wanted to go Fiber > Router > Bridged Router > Switch > PC

If you go Fiber > Router > Switch > Bridge AND PC, then you should be fine

[Niels G]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

so why do you have this router? Get a switch here.

It was first meant as a way to have a WiFi network upstairs, but I didn't want the standard things like DHCP, etc. Because I did not have a switch, I opted in to connect my pc to that router

[Niels G]

Just now, Lurick said:

Ah, I read that backwards.

I thought you wanted to go Fiber > Router > Bridged Router > Switch > PC

If you go Fiber > Router > Switch > Bridge AND PC, then you should be fine

Yeah I mean Fiber > Router > Switch > Bridge AND PC, sorry that it was so unclear

[Lurick]

Just now, NielsG said:

Yeah I mean Fiber > Router > Switch > Bridge AND PC, sorry that it was so unclear

All good, I just can't read properly today

 

That setup would take the load off the bridge router and it shouldn't have any more issues.

[Niels G]

2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

All good, I just can't read properly today

 

That setup would take the load off the bridge router and it shouldn't have any more issues.

Okay, thank you for the confirmation