gigabit network help

yannis76 · 7 Feb 2012 at 07:46

Hi.

We have a home network with several appliances connected to it (desktop, laptop, nas, ps3)
Right now all the devices are connected to a 10/100 adsl router and all need access to internet. What do I for gigabit network, just a gigabit switch or gigabit router?

Thx

ots3go · 7 Feb 2012 at 07:47

Gigabit switch. One cable from the new switch into the router. Everything else attach to the new switch.

Unless you're running a WAN connection with >100mbps.

yannis76 · 7 Feb 2012 at 09:12

Thx! However if two 2 devices want to access the internet at the same time, will this setup work? How can the switch arrange the devices' access to internet?

edscdk · 7 Feb 2012 at 09:17

yannis76 said:
Thx! However if two 2 devices want to access the internet at the same time, will this setup work? How can the switch arrange the devices' access to internet?

dont think about it... it will work as ots3go says interdevice comms will always be GB any device talking to the internet will be limited to 100MB..

jason_s · 7 Feb 2012 at 09:19

I have the Netgear GS605 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch.

With the same setup as described, and multiple computers/devices can access the internet at the same time.

yannis76 · 7 Feb 2012 at 10:04

Thx again! Should I also upgrade the cables to cat6? And if one device (eg laptop) is not gigabit then the whole network will revert back to 100mpbs?

ots3go · 7 Feb 2012 at 10:09

A switch offers dedicated bandwidth to each device.

So the only connection speed change connecting a 100mb device will have is between the device and its own switchport.

Deception · 7 Feb 2012 at 10:11

yannis76 said:
Thx! However if two 2 devices want to access the internet at the same time, will this setup work? How can the switch arrange the devices' access to internet?

The router will handle all that (Using NAT if you really want to know). The switch will basically point information in the right direction

yannis76 · 7 Feb 2012 at 11:48

And what about the cable? Should I change it to cat6?

edscdk · 7 Feb 2012 at 11:49

yannis76 said:
And what about the cable? Should I change it to cat6?

no need

Deception · 7 Feb 2012 at 12:28

yannis76 said:
And what about the cable? Should I change it to cat6?

As long as its Cat5e, there wont be any need to change it for Cat6. Most, if not all cables these days are Cat5e anyway; Doesn't hurt to check though. It should tell you on the cable itself.

yannis76 · 8 Feb 2012 at 18:32

Thank you all, I got the Netgear GS605 and its working beautifully.
One more question, is it worth to install gigabit powerline adapters?