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Joanne Holmes

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Hiya,

I live in a shared house, with a gigabit router connecting us all to the outside world.

In my living room I have what feels like a million different items requiring an internet connection, so I have a 200mb powerline adaptor connecting from the router downstairs to my living room, which is then connected to a standard 10/100 switch which then supplies all my gear.

I am looking to upgrade my switch to a gigabit one - and that's where I have my question. I dont want to upgrade the switch to improve internet speeds or anything, I want my specific little network in my lounge to be faster. I transfer large files all the time around the place, streaming films etc from my NAS. Will upgrading my switch to a gigabit one help that? Will my little network bypass the router (and the weak link in the chain being the powerline adaptor) and exist happily through the switch only?

Hope that makes sense!!
 
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If you equipment has gig ports then they are being bottlenecked by the 10/100 switch...maybe. Pretty much if you would move to a gig switch the bottleneck would likely move to your equipment likely the NAS. If you can currently get close to 100mbit rates then it would likely help.

The traffic is using MAC addresses rather than IP to talk between the machine because they are on the same lan subnet. This means the traffic directly flows between the ports on the switch and never goes to the router. Only traffic going outside your network would ever need to go to the router. Your current switch should perform like that so if you are getting greatly degraded speeds between devices there is another issue
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If you equipment has gig ports then they are being bottlenecked by the 10/100 switch...maybe. Pretty much if you would move to a gig switch the bottleneck would likely move to your equipment likely the NAS. If you can currently get close to 100mbit rates then it would likely help.

The traffic is using MAC addresses rather than IP to talk between the machine because they are on the same lan subnet. This means the traffic directly flows between the ports on the switch and never goes to the router. Only traffic going outside your network would ever need to go to the router. Your current switch should perform like that so if you are getting greatly degraded speeds between devices there is another issue
 
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From the setup described, just replacing the switch for a Gigabit one I do not think it will greatly increase the speed. The powerline networking gear you are using is AV200. While it maxes it out at that speed, you will never achieve it, and besides these have 10/100 Ethernet ports you are plugging into. I would suggest to look at upgrading the powerline units to AV500 (or faster), which should get you a faster speed. In addition, some of them have a 4 port switch built into the unit, and some are Gigabit. This may result in faster bandwidth.

http://www.amazon.com/Powerline-Gigabit-Wall-plug-Adapter-PLA4225/dp/B005XUNWZ2/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&qid=1409347281&sr=8-32&keywords=av500+powerline

http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Powerline-Adapter-Ethernet-TPL-4052E/dp/B00DQN3R80/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&qid=1409347318&sr=8-35&keywords=av500+powerline
 
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