[heero_yuy]

Quote from bolgerp:


As lots of things these days now require to be connected to the internet, and a lot of these do not have wifi connectivity (i.e. security camera hubs, home heating/lighting hubs, powerlines etc), I have now run out of available ports on the back of my SH3. I am looking to get an Ethernet Switch. I am not yet sure whether to get a managed or unmanaged one (I suspect a managed one but I haven't read up enough about this yet - advice on this also greatly appreciated).

I have many things on my router and switches but the switches are unmanaged. Unless you want some specific feature of the managed one then a dumb one is cheaper. Much like an adaptor on a mains socket.

You might like to consider getting one with POE (power Over Ethernet) support on some of the ways. Handy for VOIP devices and cameras. Avoids extra plug-top PSUs

However, I have a question about using a switch with the SH3. If I connect a switch to the SH3, do I have to remove ALL other ethernet cables from the SH3 and connect them to the switch? Or can I just remove one, plug the switch into it and then just connect all future ethernet cables to the switch? Is there a best ethernet port to connect the switch to or are they all the same?

Thanks in advance...

Just plug any port on the switch into any of the ports on the SH3 and the cable that was in there plugs into any port on the switch.