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Deland02   06-27-2009 at 02:21:59 PM

I want to speed my network up, I nave x2 PC's & a NAS All with Gigabit network cards connected to a Linksys WRT54GL DSL 4 port Modem & router. My router's top speed is only 100Mbps.

Would I be right in thinking I need to buy a gigabit switch & connect the PC's / NAS to this & then also connect the modem router to this as well?

Would this give me gigabit transfer between PC's & the NAS or would the router drag the whole setup down to a 100Mbps?

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lyleb   06-27-2009 at 04:27:05 PM
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Adding the gigabit switch will speed up your network. The router will not slow down the other connections.

I have used one of these for some time now.

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