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Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years
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this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2023
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The speeds of wired ethernet are typically faster than wifi, and are consistantly more reliable.
I've worked in RF for my entire career, and I'll always recommend a wired solution as the best option unless the use case requires the hardware to be moving arbitrarily.
If it doesn't move... it deserves a hard line. No point in spending precious wireless capacity on something that's so well served by a cable.
The amount of splitters I’d require and the cost of those splitters tends to be the thing that stops me from doing that
A basic 48 port switch is ~$200... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UBUJZG
I can guarantee that your house doesn't need more than that.
And 8 port switch can be had for as cheap as $18... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A121WN6/
Hmm I’ll look more into that but I think I stand corrected so thanks for that info