Network at home
Network at home
They’re planning to relocate to a new home soon, and the house has Ethernet connected throughout every space. If you place both computers in one area but only have one Ethernet port, you’d just need a small switch in that room to connect them. I’m not very familiar with networking, so any clarification would be great.
You need a switch that functions without any setup, suitable for a simple unmanaged device.
It's straightforward to set up when dealing with similar tasks. Keep in mind that if both devices are transferring files at once, they'll use the bandwidth of the single Ethernet connection. For internet connections, you usually won't notice unless you're using gigabit fiber from your provider. But if you have a NAS—essentially a large centralized storage device accessible only on the local network—and both machines are interacting with it, data transfer speeds could drop significantly.
discussing the move to a small village and the slow UK internet, we’re limited to about 80MBps when downloading games on one PC. Is there a simple method to move the game over the network to another PC? I own a 256GB USB SSD that performs well at around 300MBps, but anything above 60GB causes thermal throttling down to roughly 80MBps since it isn’t properly cooled. I’m hoping a local LAN connection could resolve this issue easily.
In fact, Linus employs a method similar to this with Steam. Notice how Steam offers a way to designate a storage server as a buffer. This ensures that when a device on your network downloads a game from that server, it pulls it directly from the local machine instead of relying solely on Steam's servers. EDIT: Ars Technica provides instructions on configuring this setup. They're referred to as Steam Caching servers. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/b...dth-blues/
It’s definitely feasible, though probably not something everyone would choose. The USB drive works well, OP could simply send the Steam apps folder via the network, and move them from one computer to another through the local area network (which will reach about 120 MBps, offering a steady speed).