Wiring an old house with ethernet cable

[MikeHeckish]

Originally Posted by djmaxwell

Why are you concerned about the latency of a switch?

Thanks-- I meant any lag from modem, to switch 1 to switch 2 to end user. I'm probably splitting hairs but I thought daisy chaining would eventually introduce lag. My modem has only 4 ports so I'll need at least one switch. To ease cable runs, I might want to introduce switch 2 in a different location. For the garden variety residence, it will likely never matter, but if there's a path for improved performance (like chaining the modem to switch 1, or switch 1 to switch 2 together with fiberoptic) , I'll at least consider it.

[djmaxwell]

Originally Posted by MikeHeckish

Thanks-- I meant any lag from modem, to switch 1 to switch 2 to end user. I'm probably splitting hairs but I thought daisy chaining would eventually introduce lag. My modem has only 4 ports so I'll need at least one switch. To ease cable runs, I might want to introduce switch 2 in a different location. For the garden variety residence, it will likely never matter, but if there's a path for improved performance (like chaining the modem to switch 1, or switch 1 to switch 2 together with fiberoptic) , I'll at least consider it.

I think you are way overcomplicating things for at best negligible gains.

[Peregrine]

Agree. You will see zero improvements using fiber over 6A. And Switches are absolutely not introducing lag, even if connected in series (daisy chained).