“I have 4 students on Zoom using wifi in our house. When the wifi goes down it boots them out of a class or a test. If I use a 5-port switch and connect to a router, and wifi goes down will the ethernet connection to the laptops still provide the internet?”
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If the 4 students are connected with a wire (not Wi-Fi) to the switch and the switch is connected to your modem/router then you should be ok. If the reason for the Wi-Fi going down is a failure of one of the components, like the router, and you have to reboot it to get the Wi-Fi back up again, that will drop everyone's connection.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If a device is connected to a network through both WiFi and a wired Ethernet connection, the device SHOULD be able to switch from one network to another. Best way to know for sure would be to hook up both WiFi and a wired Ethernet connection, connect to Zoom and turn off WiFi, either at the device or router creating the WiFi network. You will know within a matter of seconds whether their devices can maintain the Zoom connection.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes this keeps speed steady and can't drop data like WiFi freezes, just plug one cord into this box... but you will need all Four CAT5 or similar cables going to each computer to plug in manually but hopefully you'll be close enough.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hi, 1234. If the wired connection is stable from the router, then the Ethernet connection should be fine regardless if the WiFi is down or not.
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