We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

LAN splitter/switch

Options
1246

Comments

  • 100, going up to 150mbps in the new year. Get around 103mbps according to ookla at the moment.

    Got a d-link 5 port gigabit switch for £11, works perfectly.

    Thanks for all the input.
    qed.......
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
  • Fightsback
    Fightsback Posts: 2,504 Forumite
    100, going up to 150Mbps in the new year. Get around 103Mbps according to Ookla at the moment.

    Got a D-Link 5 Port Gigabit switch for £11, works perfectly.

    Thanks for all the input.

    Any bodgers care to comment ?
    Science isn't exact, it's only confidence within limits.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 13,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    100, going up to 150Mbps in the new year. Get around 103Mbps according to Ookla at the moment.

    Got a D-Link 5 Port Gigabit switch for £11, works perfectly.

    Thanks for all the input.
    Sounds spot-on!
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 13,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    !!!!!! wrote: »
    I picked up a nice 24 port gigabit managed switch with LAN aggregation for a mere £64
    I bought a 12 port Cisco WS-C350-12T (10 10/100/1000BaseT ports and 2 GBIC-based Gigabit Ethernet ports) for 99p on ebay in September, but I wouldn't want it powered on in a bedroom though.
  • Nilrem
    Nilrem Posts: 2,565 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    100, going up to 150Mbps in the new year. Get around 103Mbps according to Ookla at the moment.

    Got a D-Link 5 Port Gigabit switch for £11, works perfectly.

    Thanks for all the input.

    Sounds good :)

    And hopefully that will see you through for a number of years :)
  • fred246
    fred246 Posts: 3,620 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    If you are wasting all that money on unnecessarily fast broadband then it would make sense to waste a bit more on an unnecessarily fast switch.
  • I don't consider it a waste or unnecessary.

    But hey, thanks for the input. ;)
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 13,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    fred246 wrote: »
    If you are wasting all that money on unnecessarily fast broadband then it would make sense to waste a bit more on an unnecessarily fast switch.
    Define "unnecessarily fast broadband"?
  • Nilrem
    Nilrem Posts: 2,565 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    prowla wrote: »
    Define "unnecessarily fast broadband"?

    Anything over 512k.;)

    I mean why would you want anything faster if you've got a family that plays games online*, or might watch content via the internet.

    I mean it's not like VM now do 50mb as a bundle with the phone for about £25, and 100mb for £40. Less if you get a deal.

    Which doesn't in any way shape or form put it as comparable to the more "reasonable" speed packages for pricing for phone + unlimited internet (IE no nasty over use charges that can very quickly make a cheap package cost several times more than an "expensive" one).

    It makes me laugh when people seem to thing that it's a total waste of money going for a faster (or simply better) internet package then the cheapest bare bones and highly limited one you can get.

    *Often with large patches or digitally purchased and downloaded (it's not like modern games are hitting 25-50gb a time).
  • jb66
    jb66 Posts: 1,705 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Indeed. I don't know of anyone around here that has anywhere near 100MBps.

    Maybe in cities like London, but let's not get like the Americans & think there's only 1 place in the world - where we live.

    I personally get 38MB/s & around here i'm doing quite well.

    The OP is with virgin, 2/3 of virgins products cant be maxed out with a old 10/100 switch
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.9K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.5K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.9K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.7K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.8K Life & Family
  • 257.1K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.