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| Thread ID: 108994 | 2010-04-19 21:54:00 | Network advice - want to add switch | Tukapa (62) | Press F1 |
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| 878239 | 2010-04-19 21:54:00 | Hi all I am sorting out my home network and have a Linksys WAG160N wireless modem/router. www.ascent.co.nz I have had ethernet cable run in wall during house build and have 8 RJ45 plugs on a wallplate in my office. My modem/router is situated in my office and two of the ethernet ports on the modem/router are currently in use for wired PC connections. What I think I need to do is attach an 8 port switch to one of the remaining two ethernet ports on my modem/router and then run ethernet cable from the switch to the wallplate connections. There is no ethernet in/ethernet out distinction on the rear of the switch, just 8 ports, so I presume it auto-senses which is the connection from the modem/router and distributes via the remaining 7 ports. I have been looking at these two switches, both gigabit and both unmanaged, which from the research I have done seems to be all I need. www.ascent.co.nz www.ascent.co.nz Any advice as to whether I am on the right track and whether it is worth spending the extra for the Asus switch or if the TP-Link switch will do what I want would be greatfully accepted. Thanks. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 878240 | 2010-04-19 22:46:00 | You can use a switch to turn one port into 7, effectively. The switch will know where to send the packets (data) based on the MAC address of the destination, so you don't need to worry about that. | WarNox (8772) | ||
| 878241 | 2010-04-19 23:09:00 | What would happen, if you brought a gigabit switch, (say a 5-8 port one), connected a few cables directly to it (if you didnt have a GB router) to PC's with GB NIC's. And connected the NIC (from the main PC, which has a GB NIC) to the switch, and another one from the switch to the router (which may not be a GB one). 1. Would file xfers over the network xfer at 1 GB? 2. And even tho the networked GB NIC's are plugged into the back of the GB switch, could you still use static ips for those computers? |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 878242 | 2010-04-19 23:14:00 | hmm im sure that the transfers would go at gb speeds after the switch discovers what port the other pc is connected to. Why would you not be able to use statics? I did for all my computers before I got my router and modem, and my broadband connection. |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 878243 | 2010-04-19 23:18:00 | 1. Would file xfers over the network xfer at 1 GB?Yes. 2. And even tho the networked GB NIC's are plugged into the back of the GB switch, could you still use static ips for those computers?Yes. |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 878244 | 2010-04-19 23:23:00 | Sweet, thanx for that Erayd ! Think I may try it out then. Would all get on the net as well? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 878245 | 2010-04-19 23:29:00 | as long as they have the default gateway and dns. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 878246 | 2010-04-19 23:30:00 | Good they will. Sweet ! | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 878247 | 2010-04-19 23:42:00 | Would file xfers over the network xfer at 1 GB Keep in mind the speed will be limited to the weakest/slowest link in the network. Meaning if the NIC ports, or some other device cant transfer @ 1GB then it wont go any faster than that point will allow. Bit like all these so called boasters that claim to get ADSL high transfer rates out of a 56K modem :groan: |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 878248 | 2010-04-19 23:49:00 | True. The only PC's that would be connected to the switch would be GB ones. Lower ones would get plugged into the router itself. I'll probably connect 2 switches (1 GB 5 port, and 1 8 port 10/100). In case I run out :lol: Not that I'm into LAN parties (or actually have games, or know anyone around here, with a PC, or games). The desk will look like the sky tower :lol: |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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