Can the eight ports of the switch be plugged in at will?

The eight ports of the switch can be plugged in at will.

You should only use one uplink port and the port next to it, and everything else can be connected to computers, that is, at most 7 computers can be used directly. In addition to the uplink port, the uplink port is a highly connected port and can also be connected to a router.

First, connect the external broadband network cable to an interface of the switch, and then connect the switch and your computer with the network cable. During the connection, you can check the front indicator light. If it keeps flashing, the connection is successful.

Port:

A switch can transmit data between multiple port pairs at the same time. Each port can be regarded as an independent physical network segment (note: non-IP network segment), and the network devices connected to it enjoy all the bandwidth by themselves and do not compete with other devices. When node A sends data to node D, node B can send data to node C at the same time, and both transmissions enjoy the full bandwidth of the network.

Have their own virtual connection. If the Ethernet switch with 10Mbps is used here, the total traffic of the switch is 2× 10Mbps=20Mbps. When the dedicated hub with 10Mbps is used, the total traffic of a hub will not exceed 10Mbps.

Switch is a network device based on MAC address recognition, which can complete the function of encapsulating and forwarding data frames. Switches can "learn" MAC addresses and store them in the internal address table. By establishing a temporary switching path between the initiator and the target receiver of the data frame, the data frame can reach the destination address directly from the source address.