There is a bottleneck, but it's not an internet one. OP will find that copying files PC to PC on the LAN will be limited to ~100Mbps (roughly 10MB/s) because of the router, even if a gigabit switch is hooked up to the router.
Rudder: I'm just trying to improve the speed between the PC's within my network.
You need a gigabit router then. A switch won't do.
Say you have PC1 and PC2 hooked up to a switch. The switch is hooked up to the router. When you copy files from PC1 to PC2, the data flow goes like this:
PC1 --> Switch --> Router --> Switch --> PC2
If you removed the router, you wouldn't have a LAN anymore. The router is what makes it possible for your PCs to see each other and transfer data between them, not the switch.
There is a bottleneck, but it's not an internet one. OP will find that copying files PC to PC on the LAN will be limited to ~100Mbps (roughly 10MB/s) because of the router, even if a gigabit switch is hooked up to the router.
Not if both PC are plugged into the Gigabit Switch
There is a bottleneck, but it's not an internet one. OP will find that copying files PC to PC on the LAN will be limited to ~100Mbps (roughly 10MB/s) because of the router, even if a gigabit switch is hooked up to the router.
If the PC's with GB nic's are plugged directly into the gigabit switch then they will operate at full speed, the 100Mbps router won't slow them down.
Rudder: I'm just trying to improve the speed between the PC's within my network.
You need a gigabit router then. A switch won't do.
Say you have PC1 and PC2 hooked up to a switch. The switch is hooked up to the router. When you copy files from PC1 to PC2, the data flow goes like this:
PC1 --> Switch --> Router --> Switch --> PC2
If you removed the router, you wouldn't have a LAN anymore. The router is what makes it possible for your PCs to see each other and transfer data between them, not the switch.
Hope this helps! M
My understanding is the traffic will go PC1 --> Switch --> PC2.
Only traffic to outside the network will go from the switch to the router
Rudder: I'm just trying to improve the speed between the PC's within my network.
You need a gigabit router then. A switch won't do.
Say you have PC1 and PC2 hooked up to a switch. The switch is hooked up to the router. When you copy files from PC1 to PC2, the data flow goes like this:
PC1 --> Switch --> Router --> Switch --> PC2
If you removed the router, you wouldn't have a LAN anymore. The router is what makes it possible for your PCs to see each other and transfer data between them, not the switch.
Hope this helps! M
My understanding is the traffic will go PC1 --> Switch --> PC2.
Only traffic to outside the network will go from the switch to the router
That is my understanding also. Traffic going across your LAN doesn't need to go via the Router. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am. Networking gurus?
My understanding is the traffic will go PC1 --> Switch --> PC2.
Only traffic to outside the network will go from the switch to the router
That's correct.
You mentioned a second router and a pass through connection in the OP, perhaps that's lead some of us to think you have two internal subnets and you're routing between them?
Rudder: My understanding is the traffic will go PC1 --> Switch --> PC2. Only traffic to outside the network will go from the switch to the router
Oh my, you are completely right! I'm so sorry for putting out misguided advice (just my luck, first few posts here and I get it all wrong). More rusty on the networking stuff than I thought
If you're not trying to do anything fancy (subnets and the like) then yes, a gigabit switch will give you gigabit speeds between devices connected to that switch. The router won't even come into play.
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