Design of a Lag Switch The basic lag switch design is a small
Ethernet device where either the orange or green wire of a CAT5
cable has been spliced to a push button or other physical
switch. This hardware is connected between the game device (PC
or console) and the home network router (or modem if no router
exists). Operation of a Lag Switch When the switch is activated,
the device is designed to function for a few seconds on a timer,
effectively blocking all network traffic between the local game
device and the Internet temporarily. Used during gameplay, the
device causes the person using a lag switch to appear to
opponents as frozen while in fact they are still able to play
locally and gain advantages in the game. When the lag switch
timer expires, the local game device will resynchronize with the
online game that appears to opponents in a sudden burst.
Reputable online gamers do not use lag switches.