“Isn't this technically a four port switch? On my router, I have an Ethernet in, and five ports, which is truly a five port switch. On this, you need to plug Ethernet in to port 1 in order to distribute network traffic to the other four ports, right?”
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If that was the only use for this then yes, but you could use this to just connect 5 computers together for LAN sharing
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I would not say you are wrong. But in the technical parlance for this category of LAN switch, the input is counted as a port, and the outputs as well. Thus, a 5-port switch. This naming system is consistent across all brands.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You could look at it that way but in reality, since traffic through all five of these jacks is bi-directional they call it five. It is just that (likely) one of them could be an internet connection, they are all free to allow communications to components plugged into all ports.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This is a five port distribution switcher which really doesn't switch anything, let's say like a video switcher does. What is does, is allow up to five computers to link up via ethernet so they can all talk to each other on a network. It doesn't matter which port you use to plug in the host computer. I use this distribution switcher in my recording studio to connect a mixer with an ethernet sound card, a host computer, and a plugin server, so they can all talk to each other in my DAW environment. It's does a great job.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hi, TJ14. The SE3005 is an unmanaged switch that allows you to add up to 5 devices to your current network via Ethernet. One of the 5 ports would be dedicated to the connection from your router.
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes...4 out, 1 in.
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes it only has 5 ports, 1 in 4 out
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes you need to use one port for the uplink , leaving 4 available ports to connect devices onto.
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