GigaBit Switch

Leitchy

Leitchy

Leitchy

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Hello,

I was thinking of purchasing the following 8 port GigaBit switch from overclockers and have a quick question regarding it's setup:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-012-TP&groupid=46&catid=1626&subcat=

The current setup is a 24 port 100mb switch that is then connected to a 100mb ADSL router.

What I'm wanting to do is connect 3 of our development computers off this switch and onto the GigaBit port in order to have a higher rate of transfer between these machines only.

My question is, will it connect at 1000mb between these machines when the main 100mb Router is assigning there IP's?

Other option is to buy a Gigabit router, but there are increased costs in this compared to a dedicated switch.

Thanks
 
You should be fine, I have a similar setup at home but with a 4 port gigabit switch (made by Tenda) into a 100mb router (was the cheapest way to get gigabit network without changing the router). I was concerned that with one 100mb connection from the router into the switch everything would be held at 100mb. Thankfully this isn't the case, everything on the switch connects at gigbit speeds (verified with speed tests) and only the router port is held at 100mb.
 
Seeing as you mentioned 'development computers', is this for a company? As the switch is a budget home one.
 
It is, small company and costs are an issue as usual. Con's and Pro's of this switch compared to the more expansive equivalents?
 
I would recommend the HP ProCurve 1810G-8 which is a small business switch, so will be higher quality and give better speeds as well. You can pick them up for around £80-100. You can get a 24 port version (1810G-24) as well if you wanted to replace the original switch entirely, which are around £200.

As mentioned, you don't need to change the router as that is only needed for connecting the ADSL to the switch.
 
If you're using it in a development environment don't cut corners as the backplane on those cheaper switches can't handle a good hammering. They're fine for home use where one pair of ports might be maxed but if you try and have 4 or 5 machines all do high bandwidth work at once they'll creak. Also the forwarding latency isn't as good as a proper buiness grade one which under heavy loading can cause performance issues with SQL and alike.
 
Duke said:
I would recommend the HP ProCurve 1810G-8 which is a small business switch, so will be higher quality and give better speeds as well. You can pick them up for around £80-100. You can get a 24 port version (1810G-24) as well if you wanted to replace the original switch entirely, which are around £200.

As mentioned, you don't need to change the router as that is only needed for connecting the ADSL to the switch.
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The TP-Link is just as fast Duke. A guy posted speeds and it was 1Gig all the way and just for 3 comps the HP is not worth it
I have installed about ten of the 8 port with no problems.
 
"just as fast" ...? Not by a long shot matey. The switching capacities are VERY different. Both have a 16Gbps Backplane but the TP-Link can only handle 1.5Mpps @1gig, the 1810-8 can do 11.2Mpps @1gig.

You try to connect a server to an SQL backend or something with a fairly high packet rate using the TP-Link it will royally soil itself.


Sources:
http://www.tp-link.com/products/productDetails.asp?class=&content=spe&pmodel=TL-SG1008
http://h10147.www1.hp.com/products/switches/HP_ProCurve_1810G_Switch_Series/overview.htm#J9449A


Edit: If it wasn't easy enough to hit 1.5Mpps across 8 ports already, it doesn't appear to support jumbo frames either.
 
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According to the spec pages linked the switching capacities are the same, they're just stated differently.

HP = 11.9 million pps
TP-Link = 1488000 pps/port (1488000 * 8 = 11.9 million)

As the role described doesn't really justify the cost of a managed switch the HP V1410-8G is worth a look.
 
My Bad. Misread the specs >.< it's been a long day. I did think 1.5Mpps was rather low, even for a budget switch.

Though HP Procurves do come up trumps for support as they all come with limited lifetime warranty (which includes access to firmware updates unlike some vendors, yeah I'm looking at you extreme networks.)
 
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