Hi Frank,
Le 2012-05-04 20:57, Frank Griffin a écrit :
On 05/04/2012 05:49 PM, Marc Paré wrote:
My ISP serves "downloads up to speeds of 6Mbps" ... I also realize the
if using DSL that is all depends on the location of the house and
telco hardware.
There's your answer. 6M << 1000M, so in terms of what you can pull from
the external internet, you won't see a difference.
All of our NIC's are gigabit NIC's.
So would it be worthwhile to upgrade to gigabit router/switches.
I don't know your setup, but if you use both routers and switches with 5
systems, I'm guessing that the router and all of the wired systems
connect through the switch (that's really all they need to see each
other), and the router takes care of DHCP, wireless, and gating to the
external net.
In that case, it's probably worthwhile upgrading the switch to gigabit,
as that will allow your internal systems to communicate at gigabit
speeds. The router can stay as it is, since it can only push data to the
ISP at 6M tops anyway, and its interaction with the internal systems is
limited to brief DHCP exchanges.
I think I'll start upgrading the switches. We have a few switches
throughout the house. It does make sense for my own sake as all my
family members are getting their music served up from my computer. It is
actually not a server, it's my desktop and it acts as the music-server.
Anyway, I'll look into upgrading and try to get some more performance
out of the network.
Wireless is another issue. If the router is doing the wireless,
upgrading to a good-quality n-level wireless router will give your
wireless systems more parity with their wired brethren. Be careful of
high-speed n-level routers that only deliver their top-rated speed if
all of the wireless NICs come from the same vendor.
That's interesting to note; I recently bought a N-router but didn't see
big gains in speed or distance. Maybe that is why. I was actually going
to check to see if I could boost the signal a bit to get more reach -- I
use a laptop on our patio but the signal can be troublesome at the best
of times.
Cheers,
Marc
