The number of output connectors provided in the adapter design.
There are LAN ports with different bandwidth. So Fast Ethernet provides data transfer rates up to
100 Mbps ; such indicators are quite enough for most simple tasks and even for watching high-definition video in streaming mode. At the same time, as technology develops, this standard is gradually losing ground to the more advanced Gigabit Ethernet at speeds up to
1 Gbps. This option can be especially useful for transferring large amounts of information, as well as in cases where several network devices are connected to one port at once.
The presence
of several Ethernet connectors allows you to simultaneously connect several devices to the adapter (for example, a PC, a printer and a network TV) without the use of routers and other additional equipment. Also note that one set may include adapters with a different number of connectors. As a rule, in such cases, one device has 1 network port and works “at the input” (for example, an Ethernet cable from the provider is connected to it), the remaining adapters act as switches for several devices.
