What is a lag switch?

Question

i've been playing modern warfare 2 and some guy sent me a message asking if i was using a lag switch as his wasnt working. and i have no idea what a lag switch is, or what its meant to do apart from turn the lag on and off i assume.

so can anyone tell me what it is, and what its purpose is?

Answer 1

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a lag switch is for poeple who cant get kills by themselves. All it is is a Ethernet cable and a light switch. you simply cut the cable in half and make the mane connector naked and hook it up to the lightswitch. and when in a game like modern warfare when hit flick the switch connection is lost for a couple seconds and it gives you a chance to walk around the enemy and kill from behind. poeple know when theres a lag switch and will get mad at you if you do it .

Answer 2

it stops the flow of traffic from your local console and the internet, so you seem frozen in the online cam whilst still being able to move on the local game, and when the timer runs out your opponent sees the change in a sudden, so effectively he has no idea where you are.

Answer 3

its a device to my the others lag and you not like host in gears of war but way more hardcore

Answer 4

my house telephone >.>

ring-ring
LLAAAAGGG
click
GODDAMMIT

Answer 5

I must break you!!!! You will lose!!!!