Hello,
I have a wired gigabit network that is organized Modem=>Router=>Switch (x4)=>clients in my own residence. Went to update the firmware on the X-Box for the first time and all the clients were dropped. The switches are necessary due to a single run CAT5 to locations serving multiple appliances, e.g. receiver, DVD and X-Box in the home theater, 2 kids computers in study, etc.
Not an expert by any stretch but I know my way around these issues a bit and I'm baffled. Reconnect it all in sequence (as above) and the whole network is running but slow and wildly varying speeds, 1-5mbps download rather than a consistent 30. The router is maybe 6 years old. Could it simply be overloaded somehow? I can get full bandwidth plugging directly into the router with everything else offline (save modem), but if I add back the switches, that directly connected computer will see the bandwidth drop.
Ideas for me? Hesitant to dump router because it's a pricey Apple Time Capsule that backs-up everything. Thanks!
JD
I have a wired gigabit network that is organized Modem=>Router=>Switch (x4)=>clients in my own residence. Went to update the firmware on the X-Box for the first time and all the clients were dropped. The switches are necessary due to a single run CAT5 to locations serving multiple appliances, e.g. receiver, DVD and X-Box in the home theater, 2 kids computers in study, etc.
Not an expert by any stretch but I know my way around these issues a bit and I'm baffled. Reconnect it all in sequence (as above) and the whole network is running but slow and wildly varying speeds, 1-5mbps download rather than a consistent 30. The router is maybe 6 years old. Could it simply be overloaded somehow? I can get full bandwidth plugging directly into the router with everything else offline (save modem), but if I add back the switches, that directly connected computer will see the bandwidth drop.
Ideas for me? Hesitant to dump router because it's a pricey Apple Time Capsule that backs-up everything. Thanks!
JD
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