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RBTropical t1_ivoi8h8 wrote

Reply to comment by spoonard in what do I need it terms of hardware and Internet speed to hook up 5 PS5 and 5 Xbox S to run on the same Internet? by joeyhell

Dude, what are you on about, minimum 1Gbps? You’re clueless.

Online gaming uses anywhere from 40-300MB per HOUR.

https://www.domainnamesanity.com/blog/how-much-data-does-online-gaming-use/

That’s 0.66mbps for 300MB/h. 10 consoles wouldn’t even exceed 7mbps. A 50mbps connection would be more than enough let alone 100. 1000 as an absolute minimum? So dumb.

This is barely a third of the bandwidth a standard-def Netflix stream uses, let alone HD, 1080 or 4k.

Think about it - if you need 1Gbps MINIMUM, this would imply (with 10 consoles) people can’t even game with stable 100mbps connections. Does that sound plausible at all?

OP ignore this guy.

Re hardware - a cheap gigabit switch with 12 ports, 10 cables connected between it and your consoles and 1 to go to the router (with a port spare just in case) will do just fine. The fact this guy suggests a 10 port switch also blows my mind, as you’d max out the ports and none of them would be able to connect to the internet…

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joeyhell OP t1_ivoq2ok wrote

Thank you man you are as wise as you are kind 🙏

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mark_99 t1_ivqg9h8 wrote

Also look for low latency ("ping time") rather than bandwidth. And yes definitely wired ethernet rather than wifi for the same reason.

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