Quoted from Method_Own:

It’s not clear to me why people are plugging the RJ45 cables into the board on the back box. Shouldn’t all the secondary machines (those using the qr reader of the primary machine) just plug from node board 8 into the switching device?

Quoted from gumnut01:

Apologies for being dumb.
So something like this is not going to work?
https://www.amazon.com.au/Network-Splitter-Adapter-Ethernet-thernet/dp/B08PC312Y5/ref=asc_df_B08PC312Y5/?tag=googleshopmob-22&linkCode=df0&hvadid=463510390935&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=6865773356109558784&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9071654&hvtargid=pla-1395764877497&psc=1
I would have liked to have the same QR logins go to all my connected machines, rather than saying this person A connected to tmnt, whilst person B connected to AIQ. Is this the only issue with switching so different accounts can be on different pins? When I have a few mates over we would login the same across all machines.
Or is the problem the signal will be too weak if just split without a switch.
Again apologies for being stupid, was going to PM you privately, but thought their may be other thick people out there as well.
Thanks in advance,
Thicky person.

Quoted from gumnut01:

Ok. I thought this splitter were just physical wires joined 3 ways to 1. No electronics.

Quoted from EaglePin:

I'm not a tech guy, but from what I gather I think would work this way with the different types of ethernet hubs/switches if you have a QR reader on one machine hooked up to 2 or more other machines through a hub/switch:
1) With a managed/physical ethernet hub/switch, you have to push the button on the switch that represents the machine that you want the QR scan sent to. The scan then only goes to that machine. Even if the other machines are powered on, the QR scan won't go to them because the hub isn't directing the signal down those cables. If you want to scan into a different machine then you have to push the button for that machine.
2) With an unmanaged ethernet hub/switch, when you scan into the QR reader the hub/switch just passes that signal through to all other machines hooked up to it. This would mean that if you scan into the QR reader that scan would register at every machine that is connected to the hub and is powered on. So you'd be starting a game on all those machines at once. If you only want to scan into only one particular machine you can't do it like you can with a managed hub.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm thinking this is the main difference in how the managed vs. unmanaged hub/splitter would work for a QR reader hooked up to 2 or more other machines. I put the managed switch on mine so there wouldn't be an issue of scanning into multiple games when I didn't want to.

Quoted from EaglePin:

Except that I have it hooked up to a managed hub so I can scan in on other machines and it works perfectly?

Quoted from dzorbas:

So it looks like any of the automated code download/install features will be unavailable even if you have the game setup on WiFi and then pull the scanner.