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Will this home gigabyte solution work?

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midi25   08-15-2009 at 10:49:37 PM

Hi I want to make use of the gigabyte cards on my pcs. At the moment I am using a Netger DG834 DSL 10/100 Modem Router.

I cant seem to find any 1Gb modem routers and I am wondering if I will get a bottleneck problem if i get a 1gb switch.

ie. I can buy a 1Gb 8 port switch and patch my pcs into that and then patch that into my 10/100 router.

But wont my internal communication always be running at 100mbps when going through the router on the LAN?

please help.

thanks

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Zenthar   08-16-2009 at 01:10:01 AM
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If you get a 1Gbps switch, plug all your computers in it and only use the DG834 for the internet connection (through the switch's uplink port), then only your internet traffic will be limited to 100Mbps (which is usually more than enough). All the communication between the computers will be done at 1Gbps.

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midi25   08-16-2009 at 12:54:55 PM
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So the switch will handle the traffic sending and receiving at 1Gbps?

What will the router on the DG834 do then?

Will the data only go to the DG834 if it is destinded outbound traffic?

Thanks

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Zenthar   08-16-2009 at 01:44:18 PM
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Exactly, that is the difference between a switch and a hub; a switch only sends data on a channel when the data need to be sent on that channel. The same thing happens with your current DG834 right now, nothing is sent through the WAN channel unless it needs to.

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midi25   08-16-2009 at 02:51:35 PM
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Thanks so all local traffic will never bypass the switch unless it is destined outbound.

Then it will be handled at 100Mbps by the dg834 and then to whatever my ISP offers which is 8Mbps.

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midi25   08-16-2009 at 03:20:17 PM
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Thanks I will pick up a Netgear GS608 then.

8 port gigabit switch.

Thanks

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