I'm looking at trying to improve the throughput of my network. At the moment, I have a BT Homehub attached via ethernet to a homeplug. I then have a desktop PC with Vista 64, a mediaserver running ClarkConnect, an Xbox 360 and a network printer all via Homeplug and a laptop on wireless.
Would I see any benefit having the Homeplug going into a switch rather than the router i.e. Homehub----ethernet cable-----switch------homeplugs to everything else. Or would I not notice the difference?
Reason I'm trying to improve things is that I am seeing transfer speeds of approx 1-2Mb/s when transferring files whether to or from the server or between PCs and whilst I know there seem to be serious issues with Vista's networking capabilities, with the cost of switches not being a fortune (for basic ones), I was wondering if this relatively cheap and simple step may improve things.
The whole router/switch/hub thing is a bit further than my noob networking skills so far, but happy to learn.
Cheers!
Would I see any benefit having the Homeplug going into a switch rather than the router i.e. Homehub----ethernet cable-----switch------homeplugs to everything else. Or would I not notice the difference?
Reason I'm trying to improve things is that I am seeing transfer speeds of approx 1-2Mb/s when transferring files whether to or from the server or between PCs and whilst I know there seem to be serious issues with Vista's networking capabilities, with the cost of switches not being a fortune (for basic ones), I was wondering if this relatively cheap and simple step may improve things.
The whole router/switch/hub thing is a bit further than my noob networking skills so far, but happy to learn.
Cheers!