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Multiple switches downline from EERO 6E Gateway? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by VikingPHD@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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Hey all, just curious if running

ONT > Gateway > Unmanaged Switch > Wiring to rest of house >

Switch in living room for PS5, Apple TV, and Receiver

Switch in office for multiple computers

Is an issue? I run 3 Eero Pro 6Es all with ethernet backhaul but I've heard back and forth if running more than one switch, even unmanaged, is an issue or not.

Thanks!

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[–] bchiodini@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

TL;DR, you should be OK.

This article may have some more info. The way that I'm reading the article, the Eeros create a virtual switch fabric and to correctly do that the Eeros need to know what's connected to each of their ethernet ports and each their WiFis.

What I cannot figure out, is if everything is wire-connected to the first downstream port, will the virtual fabric be correctly set up. I cannot see why not. The Eeros should be able to figure out where everything is (relative to the Eero's) whether wired or wireless and, thus, forward traffic in the correct direction.

It only seems like there may be a problem if an Eero is not at the entry-point/gateway/router for the rest of the network or the Eeros are all configured in bridge-mode.