Adjusting the Wi-Fi off on your router speeds it up.
Adjusting the Wi-Fi off on your router speeds it up.
I thought about posting it somewhere creative but didn’t know where to start. My Nintendo Switch is the perfect backup setup. In a long story, I accidentally messed up my Linux installation on my MacBook because NVIDIA’s design was just terrible. Now I have a USB-C/3 dock that lets me connect to Ethernet. I turned off Wi-Fi and switched to Ethernet—my processor used up about 30% of its capacity just by doing that. I’m confused, a bit dizzy, and honestly excited. Running 1080p60 video smoothly while using another app is amazing. It’s wild how something so simple could work like this. I figured it was worth sharing.
I've updated my notes about the setup. The switch uses a C10 A3 SD card with 130mbps transfer rate. After downloading an ISO, it's surprising how fast it runs—especially when Wi-Fi is off. With Ethernet, speeds jump dramatically, reaching up to 32 Mbps, which matches our known limits. It’s impressive how efficiently the system handles downloads over Ethernet, freezing everything and saving the torrent quickly in RAM. This speed is rare; I haven’t seen anything like it. The idea of boosting performance with assembly code and heavily using SD cards is something I’d love to explore further.