I have a PoE, which I’ve been connecting to my router for years. If I needed a wired connection for some reason, I would also run an Ethernet cable between my laptop and my router.
My signal began getting unstable, so I started connecting my laptop via Ethernet cable directly to the PoE, and that solved all my problems. The issue is that my Ubiquiti PoE only has one LAN port, so if I connect my laptop, I have to disconnect my router. I have Internet, in other words, but no one else does.
I have an Ethernet switch, which I’ve tried connecting everything to in every possible permutation I can think of, but neither router nor laptop wants to pick up a signal unless I connect them directly to the PoE.
Closest I’ve come was my ethernet assigning itself an IP, and trying to fix that just ended in frustration and tears. Is there a way to wire everything together—either with the equipment I have or with equipment I don’t yet have, idc, I am tired and sad—and ensure that I get my awesome stable wired connection without kicking everyone off the Wi-Fi?
Here’s a diagram of what I’m working with.