NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.

Forum Discussion

sethm1's avatar
sethm1
Guide
Jun 30, 2020
Solved

Need another ethernet port

Rbk50.  This one only has 3 ethernet ports - I need a fourth. I preordered the Wyze outdoor camera which comes with its own wifi base station.  would I be able to use a splitter such as this.... ...
  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Jun 30, 2020

    Wouldn't be overkill, switches are inexpensive and easy to setup. Turn ON and plug in play. Your up and running. You can plug any wired device into the RBS. 

     

    sethm1 wrote:

    Thanks.  5 port is overkill.  But that wont degrade speed correct.

    The satellite has ports right? So instead of the switch, I should be able to plug in the wyze base station into the orbi sattelite??

     

CrimpOn's avatar
CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Jun 30, 2020

Short answer, "no".  Notice the comment, "Cannot use two computers at the same time."

What you need is an inexpensive, unmanaged gigabit switch, such as the Netgear GS305

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-5-Port-Gigabit-Ethernet-Unmanaged/dp/B07S98YLHM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=gigabit+switch+unmanaged&qid=1593496887&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011&rnid=2470954011&rps=1&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzQjMzMjNMOExISVlZJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTk1ODQ3RUJXQzFDODBFUllFJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAyMzY0NTIzNjVTWTFXS09NMDRJJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ== 

or the equivalent from any other vendor (I have TP-Link.  No particular reason.  Just what I bought at the time.)