How fast should a network switch be for my use? I want to hook up an xbox 360 to stream netflix and a Pc. Do I need the Gigabit speed or is a 10/100 fast enough?
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If you are going to buy a new switch the costs are not that much different. Get the 10/100/1000 for present and future use. In the cyber world everything is new for one day. Tomorrow morning there might be a need for 10/100/1000/T bps.
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Sometimes the extra ports come in handy when you expand, and the extra headroom provided by a solid gigabit switch keeps clogs away when running in heavy traffic from multiple sources. This switch is cheap enough to take care of needs like yours and most reasonable future expansions while still being a solid piece of equipment. Also, if you have computers with gigabit ethernet and want to add a network storage drive or server with gigabit, you will save a huge amount of time on file transfers vs a 10/100 switch.
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Thanks arrowhead, That's what I thought-from the few posts I could find -I already ordered a TRENDnet 10/100, 8 port switch, as I now need more ports to connect a new BD player by wire for updating its firmware. The 25 Mbps when streaming was mentioned in a few reviews of the switch. Thanks for confirming.
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To stream netflix, 10/100 Mbps is fast enough because the traffic from your ISP (such as Xfinity/Comcast or AT&T; Uverse) will only go as high as 20-25Mbps for down stream and up stream is much much less.The Gigabit speed is only needed between PC to PC on your local network. For example streaming or transferring a file from one PC to the other or to the TV.For example, I have the cable/dsl modem connected to my wireless router. Then the router is connected to the giga switch, with other PCs connected to the giga switch as well. That way, all my PC will be on the giga and can transfer or stream at speeds higher than 100 Mbps. To stream netflix, 10/100 Mbps is fast enough because the traffic from your ISP (such as Xfinity/Comcast or AT&T; Uverse) will only go as high as 20-25Mbps for down stream and up stream is much much less.The Gigabit speed is only needed between PC to PC on your local network. For example streaming or transferring a file from one PC to the other or to the TV.For example, I have the cable/dsl modem connected to my wireless router. Then the router is connected to the giga switch, with other PCs connected to the giga switch as well. That way, all my PC will be on the giga... » Read More To stream netflix, 10/100 Mbps is fast enough because the traffic from your ISP (such as Xfinity/Comcast or AT&T; Uverse) will only go as high as 20-25Mbps for down stream and up stream is much much less.The Gigabit speed is only needed between PC to PC on your local network. For example streaming or transferring a file from one PC to the other or to the TV.For example, I have the cable/dsl modem connected to my wireless router. Then the router is connected to the giga switch, with other PCs connected to the giga switch as well. That way, all my PC will be on the giga and can transfer or stream at speeds higher than 100 Mbps. « Show Less
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The short answer is either one will work since both are faster than your internet connection anyway. The long (correct) answer is that it depends on the amount of traffic on your network. For a handful of simultaneous users, 10/100 is fine. For more than a half dozen or so, you'll notice an improvement with Gigabit. Since Gigabit device prices are falling, you're probably better off buying one now and having plenty of room to grow. Of course, your devices will also need to have Gigabit-capable NICs to benefit from the speed boost, but the switch will still work more efficiently.
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This is a network card that will achieve gigabit speed. If you have a Cat 6 or Cat 5e cable and a switch capable of running at a gigabit you will run at a gigabit to that switch. Your Internet router is the next step. That connects you to your ISP. The answer to your question is maybe but only if you were running very slow to your router before you installed the card. This card is not a magic bullet and won't automatically make your Internet connection faster. It's only one part of the equation.
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I don't have or use an xbox so couldn't advise. I am using it for network storage on a 4 computer set-up through an ethernet switch. My connection speed is spotty - sometimes good, sometimes lousy. I would advise staying away from this unit.
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Gigabit ethernet is backwards compatible and should work just fine with any flavor of ethernet. A USB to ethernet adapter, may or may not function at the gigabit speed, but should support other flavors of ethernet just fine. If you want up-to-date technology and maximum speed over ethernet, I would suggest the T'bolt to e'net adapter....my 2
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Thanks for the post.My speeds have slightly improved since I upgraded my network to gigabit and upgraded my system to quad 64 bit. My router, NICs, switch, and of course the NAS are all gigabit now. Still, I only get up to 10MB/s. Seems faster than what windows reports though. The only thing I didnt upgrade was the cables, from what I was told cables shouldnt make a difference. Thanks for the reply.
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2000 mbps on a gb switch just means full duplex. It means that you can transmit 1000 mbps in each direction. I can't find any info on the actual throughput or whether or not jumbo frames are supported. Even if you enabled them on both the source and destination, you would still have to run wireshark or some similar solution to know if they were actually being sent. Since there are QoS port assignments, presumably the switch doesn't function at wirespeed though.
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My devices are hooked up through a gigabit switch, however, the switch is reporting 10/100 speed on those ports. So to answer your question, it downgrades gigabit to 10/100.
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You can have as many as you want connected throughout your house. I do not. I only have two.But, certainly you can.As for performance, well, since these are not 'switching' devices, any traffic on it, has to share the bandwidth available. And depending on location, electrical and other things, each one's bandwidth may vary just by its location. Having said that, mine run at 33Mbps, slow compared to 500Mbps advertised, but I can tell that I have not seen any problems with bandwidth. I run Netflix, Xbox and 2 computers through my second router location and it all works just fine! You can have as many as you want connected throughout your house. I do not. I only have two.But, certainly you can.As for performance, well, since these are not 'switching' devices, any traffic on it, has to share the bandwidth available. And depending on location, electrical and other things, each one's bandwidth may vary just by its location. Having said that, mine run at 33Mbps, slow compared to 500Mbps advertised, but I can tell that I have not seen any problems with bandwidth. I run Netflix, Xbox and 2 computers through my second router location and it all works just fine!
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This Ethernet unit is 10/100Mbps so fastest is 100Mbps. If you plug this or any USB 3.0 to a USB 2.0 port, it will default to USB 2.0 speed.
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I am not sure I understand your question entirely. This is a 10Gbps Capacity switch. It simply "bridges" your installed equipment, it does not offer anything beyond the actual CAPABILITY of this equipment. It cannot create speeds and capacities NOT supported by your equipment. Ideally, it should be used with very fast individual components over a properly wired LAN.
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No this is not a gigabit router, Mark. Just 10/100. There are a lot of things we need to consider before we can recommend a router. It's better if you check this out: http://goo.gl/ReUk4e
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Streams quite well, but depends on your network speed. Have had no problems with gigabit Ethernet
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Hi Stan. We agree to the other users. This is a wired switch and you can add this to your network if you want to have more wired devices.
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This is a "it depends". If you are using the new ac wireless standard and have a good signal it may offer noticeable speed improvement. As slower standards and/or signal quality degrades any improvement at the diskstation side will become unimportant. The real question is can you really get much 100Mbps real throughput with *your* wireless environment? Some may disagree but I find a wired connection to be the most dependable for high-throughput situations. There are too many variables to be more specific but I hope this answer will help at least a little.
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I think it depends on the wiring in your home. In my case, in an apartment building built in the 1950's, throughput using the netgear adapters was disappointing. If I remember, file transfers averaged about 1 mB per second (Bytes, not bits). Using the same machines over an 802.11n connection, 5-8 megabytes per second was normal.
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From what I saw on another page, from TP Link: Though the speed of the Ethernet port is limited to 100mbps, the data transmission and receiveing between the devices will be approximitaley 500mbps, given the integrity of the circuit. Someone else posted that essentially if you add more than 2 of these in your house, the combined bandwidth could be up to 500mb. In my case, I had a near-wifi dead zone (1 bar, Amazon prime wouldn't stream), and after adding this, and a wifi router I turned into an AP, I can now stream Amazon prime without any issues, via ethernet to my roku, and wifi on my other devices gets MUCH better signal. In short, if you only plan to get 2 of these, you shouldn't need the 500mb ones. If you plan to setup 3+ over your house, and you have a gigabit router already, then go that route. I got these b/c at the time, they were the same price as the 200mb ones. Good luck w/ your purchase!
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According to the Specs "The E1200 features four Fast Ethernet ports". To my understanding that is 10/100 not the Gigabit speed.