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Originally Posted by mrkajz44
Yeah, I don't want to put in too much effort here, so running another cable seems like overkill. I ordered an ethernet switch yesterday after browsing some forums that seemed to have the same goal I had. I'm worried about the potential issues that White Out mentioned, but there was one model that came up a few times (TP-Link TL-SG105) that others had used in the same set up with no issues. Fingers crossed.
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Yes, I believe you can use a power line or MOCA adapter from your modem to your intended location like an internet walkie talkie, then use a switch at your intended location to connect your Playstation and other devices. Because the switch isn't a router I believe it's just a basic splitting of the ethernet, I don't think you should have IP conflict issues or anything like that?
I'm not an expert on networking stuff though. Hopefully it works out fine. I haven't dealt with this stuff in a long time because I ended up upgrading and abandoning that option twice (once with me, once with parents). The Powerline/MOCA set up works relatively well until they overheat after a few months. Since they cost like $100-150 ish in components anyways, you're better off buying a mesh set up for like $250-350 and making it easier + having extra features and other additional improvements IMO.
I upgraded my internet set up and then gifted my mesh system to my parents so that we could abandon their powerline set up. The mesh system has a similar concept to powerline/MOCA but wirelessly to each other. An overly cheap set up won't have the ability to pull an ethernet line from the mesh points (a secondary modem/access point), but a more expensive one should, similar if you had used a powerline and then pulled an ethernet cable. TBH though, with a good mesh system set up, you won't need the ethernet at or near point unless the wifi card in the device is failing or is non-existent.
EDIT: I'd like to mention. A powerline/MOCA set up isn't horribly difficult, but it's not as stupid easy as a mesh set up.