Auto split network bandwidth

athlonoc

athlonoc

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I have a TP link 8 port ethernet switch which has 5 ethernet cables plugged in.
My broadband connects at 500mb and the switch appears to share the bandwidth evenly.
If I unplug 4 of the cable the one connected gets 500mb. But as I plug in additional cables the bandwidth appears to be split evenly.

Is there a switch that just gives the ethernet cable with a device using bandwidth the maximum until another one comes on line to use some bandwidth.

Scenario:
5 rooms each with a wall plate for an ethernet cable. All connected to the TP link 1gbps switch.
My office will get the full bandwidth if it's the only cable plugged into the switch.
Is there a switch that can have all 5 cables plugged in but provide the maximum bandwidth available when devices are connected.

The other 4 cables connect to other rooms that connect to TV's. If I'm not using any devices in those other 4 rooms I'd like the office to use the maximum available. Currently it just splits the 500mb automatically between all 5 room.

Lee
 
What TP link switch do you have? Because what you are describing is a hub rather than a network switch. All switches should allow full throughput from every port connected ( not necessarily at the same time course)
 
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Are you sure that the behaviour you're describing is happening? You're definitely plugging into TVs, not devices that start torrenting or running speed tests or anything like that?
 
athlonoc said:
I have a TP link 8 port ethernet switch which has 5 ethernet cables plugged in.
My broadband connects at 500mb and the switch appears to share the bandwidth evenly.
If I unplug 4 of the cable the one connected gets 500mb. But as I plug in additional cables the bandwidth appears to be split evenly.

Is there a switch that just gives the ethernet cable with a device using bandwidth the maximum until another one comes on line to use some bandwidth.

Scenario:
5 rooms each with a wall plate for an ethernet cable. All connected to the TP link 1gbps switch.
My office will get the full bandwidth if it's the only cable plugged into the switch.
Is there a switch that can have all 5 cables plugged in but provide the maximum bandwidth available when devices are connected.

The other 4 cables connect to other rooms that connect to TV's. If I'm not using any devices in those other 4 rooms I'd like the office to use the maximum available. Currently it just splits the 500mb automatically between all 5 room.

Lee
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if you could give the tplink model number or some photos of it we might be able to advise further
 
Caged said:
Are you sure that the behaviour you're describing is happening? You're definitely plugging into TVs, not devices that start torrenting or running speed tests or anything like that?
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Yes, just tv's.
Obviously on occasions some low usage wifi from a phone or connected devices of the main router. But they are not using much at all.
 
Caged said:
Are you sure that the behaviour you're describing is happening? You're definitely plugging into TVs, not devices that start torrenting or running speed tests or anything like that?
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No torrenting or streaming.
At the point of testing I just have usual extremely low level bandwidth devices that are not taking up bandwidth.
 
You can look at a switch in the same way as you would look at a mains extension lead.

Anything plugged in can take as much power as it wants, however, you can't exceed the total power of 13A. The switch works the same way. Anything plugged in gets as much download as it wants, BUT the total load on your internet can not exceed 500mbps.
 
SpellowHouse said:
You can look at a switch in the same way as you would look at a mains extension lead.

Anything plugged in can take as much power as it wants, however, you can't exceed the total power of 13A. The switch works the same way. Anything plugged in gets as much download as it wants, BUT the total load on your internet can not exceed 500mbps.
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Thanks and this is how i thought a switch should work. But it seems all have been evenly split as all five sockets from this switch only provide a 5th of the total going into the switch from the router.
 
athlonoc said:
It's the TL-SG1008D
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This is a dumb L2 switch, it has no prioritisation or bandwidth aggregation controls. There is no way it sees a Gb uplink, automagically works out you have a 500Mb internet connection and then equally divides down the bandwidth given how many clients you have connected. You are likely just suffering from some round figures and assumptions.

If there is anything managing your bandiwdth, it would likely be the router, even then ISP routers tend not to do this but you can configure some with an expected bandwidth amount and tell them to split the load equally, that then though assumes that your internet connection has NOTHING else attached either by cable or WiFi. Just 5 clients in total.

I don't deny you are plugging devices in and seeing lesser speed tests but it's not because the switch is equally apportioning the bandwidth itself.
 
athlonoc said:
Thanks and this is how i thought a switch should work. But it seems all have been evenly split as all five sockets from this switch only provide a 5th of the total going into the switch from the router.
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Does this apply to all switches?
I think I'll buy a new one and see if it solves the problem.
Any recommendations?
 
Caged said:
That's your switch, what router is it plugged into
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Sky router

Cable out of router provides 500mb
Cable out of switch provides 500mb
But when I plug in any more cables to the wall sockets from that switch any single one no longer reads 500mb with all the circumstances above the same.
 
Faulty cable, dodgy switch or ports, stuck in half duplex? Do have second free port on the router to check with the switch out of the picture?
 
Typhoon said:
Faulty cable, dodgy switch or ports, stuck in half duplex? Do have second free port on the router to check with the switch out of the picture?i
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I've tried another port on my sky router to share the Internet to the switch. It doesn't make any difference.
 
What happens if you have one device plugged into the switch and then one device into the Sky router, how is the bandwidth split?
 
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