this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
1 points (100.0% liked)

Selfhosted

40347 readers
394 users here now

A place to share alternatives to popular online services that can be self-hosted without giving up privacy or locking you into a service you don't control.

Rules:

  1. Be civil: we're here to support and learn from one another. Insults won't be tolerated. Flame wars are frowned upon.

  2. No spam posting.

  3. Posts have to be centered around self-hosting. There are other communities for discussing hardware or home computing. If it's not obvious why your post topic revolves around selfhosting, please include details to make it clear.

  4. Don't duplicate the full text of your blog or github here. Just post the link for folks to click.

  5. Submission headline should match the article title (don’t cherry-pick information from the title to fit your agenda).

  6. No trolling.

Resources:

Any issues on the community? Report it using the report flag.

Questions? DM the mods!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

I have two internet lines (one 1gig, another 0.3 gig) coming into ports in an awkward part of the house and the walls are solid brick so hard to run cables through, especially as no plans to redecorate anytime soon. I am load balancing with a TP Link router 7206, a pihole and some switches going on.

I could run one ethernet cable to a spot that is much better for my stack. Does anybody know if I could cable the two internet supplier modems (currently on pass through mode directly to my router) to an unmanaged 5 port switch along with another long Ethernet cable to the router instead? Would this cause any speed issues?

I could just try it to see if it works but am wondering if I might miss something causing problems later down the line or a better solution as I'm fairly new to modern networking.

Thanks in advance!

no comments (yet)
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
there doesn't seem to be anything here