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| Thread ID: 146094 | 2018-04-21 05:46:00 | Is 200mbps fast for a switch to watch Netflix? | undiejuice (16495) | Press F1 |
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| 1448691 | 2018-04-21 05:46:00 | Hi. I went and brought a desktop switch because lately, I've been having trouble watching Netflix on my Smart TV. My smart TV being Wireless / Ethernet, has not been so kind in allowing me to do this, with continuous buffering at load up screens and during screen movie time (if I am lucky enough) to watch ANY at any time of the day or night. I've concluded that my wired connection from my Ethernet connected directly from my broadband (fibre) , was the better way to do this, and I can watch Netflix without problems. The point I am trying to make is this, I've bought a brand new switch without realizing later once I got home, that this device apparently can carry / upload/ (or something like that) up to 200Mbps of data. I haven't yet opened up the package and want to know if anyone out here knows that this amount of data is either too small, or enough for me to watch Netflix and upload, download data from my PC? Since I am on Spark Fibre, I just don't know if I've made the right choice and whether to get a switch with a higher MBps in say GHZ or it doesn't make any difference? The item is a: 5 port TP-Link Desktop Switch TL-SF1005D. * I don't have a Cat6 network; only Cat5e * I am in a Urban setting; City in residential house; not an apartment / flat Cheers |
undiejuice (16495) | ||
| 1448692 | 2018-04-21 05:56:00 | It's fast enough for netflix and steaming in general but it will limit you to 100MBps which is as fast as most internet connections. I think it's a mistake though, surprised they still sell 100M switches. Personally I'd recommend a 1000M 5 port switch if you plan do do any more than stream on it. They are cheap enough to make it worth it anyway www.pbtech.co.nz |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1448693 | 2018-04-21 06:08:00 | It's fast enough for netflix and steaming in general but it will limit you to 100MBps which is as fast as most internet connections. I think it's a mistake though, surprised they still sell 100M switches. Personally I'd recommend a 1000M 5 port switch if you plan do do any more than stream on it. They are cheap enough to make it worth it anyway www.pbtech.co.nz Hey dugimodo, Thanks for your reply. Yeah, I might consider going for the one you have shown. Funny enough, I went to Pbtech today, for my unit. I hope they will accept it if I return the unit and pay the difference for another one? |
undiejuice (16495) | ||
| 1448694 | 2018-04-21 06:14:00 | If you still have your receipt and the box has not been opened you should be ok. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1448695 | 2018-04-21 06:15:00 | Even 100Mbps is more than enough however the 1Gbps are not much more and provide more future proof. With a network cable, we have 100Mbps fiber optic internet and I downloaded a game demo recently 40GB in 1hr. With our 100Mbps internet connection we had the Netflix trial, no problems at all. 1Gbps will just allow you to copy files from one computer to the other preferably with a network cable quicker. Edit - yep. 100Mbps switches are still available. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1448696 | 2018-04-21 06:27:00 | If you still have your receipt and the box has not been opened you should be ok. Okay, then that's promising. |
undiejuice (16495) | ||
| 1448697 | 2018-04-21 06:28:00 | Even 100Mbps is more than enough however the 1Gbps are not much more and provide more future proof. With a network cable, we have 100Mbps fiber optic internet and I downloaded a game demo recently 40GB in 1hr. With our 100Mbps internet connection we had the Netflix trial, no problems at all. 1Gbps will just allow you to copy files from one computer to the other preferably with a network cable quicker. Edit - yep. 100Mbps switches are still available. Interesting. Food for thought. Thanks. |
undiejuice (16495) | ||
| 1448698 | 2018-04-21 06:37:00 | If all you want it for is internet access and streaming it'll be fine, but for just a bit more you get 10 times the speed so why not? I'm Biased though as I do copy files over my network and have a lot of devices hooked up so I care about the max speed, 100M really bottlenecks file transfers. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1448699 | 2018-04-21 06:46:00 | Exactly for $5 or $10 more. Copying some photographs or video from one device to the other, you'll appreciate it. My nearly 10yr old computer did 1,000Mbps. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1448700 | 2018-04-22 22:09:00 | Hey, just an after thought, if I get another switch (switch with a higher Mbps) as mentioned above, this would also mean I would have to upgrade other switches on my network that don't have a higher Mbps, as well ? I have 2 switches (old ones) and a new one (which I bought on Saturday), roughly the same Mbps |
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