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mjdronfield Member Since: 04 Nov 2011 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 7965 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I have a crappy SKY broadband router that does not support Gigabit Ethernet on its ports......
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alanm_3 Member Since: 19 Feb 2011 Location: my House, unless I’m not at home, in which case I’m somewhere else. Posts: 6822 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
You could buy a 1gb switch. Cheap as chips. Connect all your 1gb capable bits together and then connect at 100mb to your Sky router. I'm not sure how much traffic goes between the PSs and the NAS but you'd only benefit from the faster speeds locally.
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Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 8063 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() I got more ports - I did it because my Virgin router doesn't have enough wired ports, but same idea |
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mjdronfield Member Since: 04 Nov 2011 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 7965 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Many thanks.
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Andy B Member Since: 03 Apr 2012 Location: West Malling Posts: 1223 ![]() ![]() |
That's correct, only the traffic destined for the Internet will go via the Router. TCP/IP is a 'send and hope' protocol and relies on the destination device listening and grabbing the packets from your originating device. So, switch is the way to go |
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mjdronfield Member Since: 04 Nov 2011 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 7965 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Thanks again. Just bought one of these for £14 in the today's deals....
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Andy B Member Since: 03 Apr 2012 Location: West Malling Posts: 1223 ![]() ![]() |
Looks a good deal |
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kingpleb Member Since: 07 Jun 2011 Location: Maybe here. Maybe there, I get everywhere! Posts: 8455 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
You only need cat5e for 1gig surely so could save some pennies there as cat6 is beyond the 1gig spec and doesn't offer much more for what you pay sometimes |
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alanm_3 Member Since: 19 Feb 2011 Location: my House, unless I’m not at home, in which case I’m somewhere else. Posts: 6822 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cat 6 cables are cheap these days. It's only when you get to Cat 7 that the prices gets a bit too much |
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