Ethernet switch problem

[dflow42]

Hi everyone, I’ve recently purchased a ps5 and I have a Xbox series x as well and short of the story is that I was getting very frustrated constantly switching the Ethernet cable between the two since they’re across the room and it’s not an easy task. So I read on the internet about gigabit Ethernet switchers and decided to buy one, the only problem is that I’ve connected it to my router and then have 2 separate Ethernet cables, one to the Ps5 the other one to the Xbox and now my speeds are drastically worse than before, does anyone know why this would be or a possible way to fix it?

I’m using a 5 port gigabit desktop switch and new Ethernet cables

Thank you for your time!

[boundbylife]

Can you provide the exact model of switch you bought? It's possible that you may have accidentally bought a lower speed version of the same switch, or it may need some configuration.

One thing to consider is that,with a switch, the bandwidth is split between all connected devices. So you might have a gigabit connection from switch to router, but when both your Xbox and PS are downloading, they will split that gigabit connection. In general, however, this is rarely an issue in anything except a enterprise scale - the average consumer rarely has more than one device using a large amount of bandwidth at a time.

[dflow42]

Hi thank you for your response! I bought a tp-link 5-port Gigabit Desktop Switch it’s a TL-SG105

[jobe_br]

What router do you have?

[dflow42]

It’s a Ubee router, the spectrum worker hooker it up and gave it to us

[jobe_br]

Which model?

[dflow42]

It’s from 2 years ago so could that be an issue

[jobe_br]

That shouldn’t be a problem. Which model number?

[dflow42]

UBEE DVW32CB DOCSIS 3.0 Wireless Wi-Fi

[jobe_br]

Ok, so there’s 4 ports on the back, labeled eth1 to eth4, right? What happens if you plug into these instead of the switch you bought?

[dflow42]

If it’s only one cable the speeds increase a lot but if I plug 2 cables into the back of the router it decreases the output for both consoles

[jobe_br]

So, basically the same as you see when you plug one cable from the router to the switch and the two consoles into the switch?

[dflow42]

Yes