networking noob - help please

SGWills · 7 Feb 2009 at 16:05

i got my media centre all up and running now (about time

) now i currently got two hard drives doing nothing apart from gathering dust, now im thinking of getting an Icy Box IB-NAS4220-B Ethernet NAS Enclosure to put them in but my htpc only has one 10/100/1000 port, now if i get D-Link DGS-1005D 5-Port Gigabit Switch and some ethernet cable would it be a simple case of connecting my broadband in to the switch along with the NAS and connecting the switch to my htpc ? or is it not that simple ?

Mr-White · 7 Feb 2009 at 16:23

yup

broadband => modem/router => switch => icy box

any reason why u need a gig switch ?

MW

SGWills · 7 Feb 2009 at 16:34

no real reason but from what i gather from the reviews, better speeds from using a giga port instead of 10/100, i could be very wrong thou

DevilsAdvocate · 7 Feb 2009 at 17:21

That is correct. You'll get a better speed between your local devices. i.e. Icy Box to HTPC through a gig switch. That is, provided your HTPC has a Gigabit Network Adapter, the IB-NAS4220-B does.