Gigabit switch question

BarGin

My router is only 100Mbit/s. If I run a cable from my router to a gigabit switch and plug 2 computers into the switch, would data transfers between the 2 computers be at gigabit speeds or do all transfers go through the router?

poppy10_2

Yep, if the two computers are connected to the switch then you will get gigabit speeds between them, bypassing the slower router. However you will also need to make sure that both your computers have gigabit ethernet cards, until recently most computers came only with 10/100 network adaptors.

S0litaire

I take it the router is your internet access?
Then if you use the switch between the PC's and router then you should get the full gigabit speed between PC's

It should only go through the router if you're accessing the net.

BarGin

That's great. Thank you both.

screwedagain

Don't forget that you'll need to use gigabit ethernet cable (i.e. cat 6) between the computers and switch to get the full gigabit speeds.

Most bog-standard flyleads that you buy over the counter, or that come included with routers etc. are cat 5, which only support up to 100Mb/s.

mr_fishbulb

screwedagain wrote: »

Don't forget that you'll need to use gigabit ethernet cable (i.e. cat 6) between the computers and switch to get the full gigabit speeds.

Most bog-standard flyleads that you buy over the counter, or that come included with routers etc. are cat 5, which only support up to 100Mb/s.

The majority of cables you get now are cat5e which will handle 1000BASE-T (1 gigabit).

Toxteth_OGrady

screwedagain wrote: »

Don't forget that you'll need to use gigabit ethernet cable (i.e. cat 6) between the computers and switch to get the full gigabit speeds.

Wrong!

Cat 5e meets ISO 11801 Class D of 2.5 Gb/s over 100m.

:cool:

TOG