I never did get a clear answer to one of my previous questions so thought I would distill just that one out and make sure I understand everything.
With my current setup I have my WiFi Ranger router which only has 100Mb switch ports. Hooked up to this I have a 100Mb switch and hooked up to that I have the 100Mb Airport Extreme and a gigabit ethernet capable Mac Mini. For file transfers between the Mini and the Airport Extreme connected 802.11n clients; throughput is currently limited to about 10 MB/sec based on the ethernet side of the Airport and not the wireless side of the airport, max throughput for the wireless side is up in the 30MB/sec or so range. What I'm considering doing is leaving the 100Mb router in place with a 100Mb connection to a gigabit switch. On the downstream side of the gigabit switch I'll have the Mini connected at gigabit and a new gigabit capable Airport Extreme. Given my understanding of the networking issues involved; am I correct in assuming that internal LAN traffic (i.e., between the wireless clients and the gig wired Mini) will happen at a speed limited by either the 802.11n or the gigabit portion of the network and that only traffic destined for the router and hence the internet will be slowed down. I believe that the slower router and router/switch link are irrelevant to the gig traffic on the LAN side of the switch. Alternatively; does the slower 100Mb router and router/switch connection artificially limit the throughput on the gigabit/802.11n LAN traffic? If it does limit things; am I correct in assuming that the only solution would be to double route and have the gigabit Airport Extreme be my LAN router with a different subnet from the WAN side of the Airport to the inside of the WiFiRanger 100Mb router? Thanks. ----------------------------------------------- There are only three kinds of stress; your basic nuclear stress, cooking stress, and A$$hole stress. The key to their relationship is Jello. neil _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
