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Hi there! This is a video that I made that I'm hoping can act as a beginner friendly entry level point to the world of self hosting and running a homelab. Just thought I'd share in case anyone is interested, and I hope it can be a resource to share with noobies. I don't claim to be an expert at all so I'd also love some feedback. Thanks!

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[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How beneficial is connecting via ethernet instead of wifi? My wifi mesh pods only have 1 ethernet out port, so I use it for my desktop. Not sure if I could split it or not, but I imagine if I did it'd slow down my desktop's internet connection, which I'd rather not do.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

A switch won't slow anything at home.

It's super cheap and literally plug and play.

[–] Zortrox@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't be sure since technology has so many different factors, but splitting a single Ethernet out into multiple with a network switch won't really affect it much if at all. Cat5e cable/jack (common for most cables) gets 1 gigabit, so unless you have a gigabit connection and maxing out the connections already, you shouldn't notice it.

As for WiFi, even though a lot of newer technology is great, it's not going to beat Ethernet.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good to know, thanks! I did just upgrade to a gigabit fiber connection, but you're right that I'm not usually maxing that out.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Yeah it barely makes a dip. It is one of the first things I tested when putting in a switch where I just go do the ookla speed test.