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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The switch will support 100Mbit speeds, so HD streams will not be a problem and I use my switch to stream netflix at HD resolution
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I used this switch with AT&T;'s internet TV service. The Video HD streaming was flawless. You should have Gigabit connections between your devices for proper streaming.
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Rhema, your internet connection speed doesnt matter. You would connect this adapter to a switch or directly to your cable modem/router. All that is required is ethernet. Your bandwidth will be limited to the spec of your internet connection.
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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 ran this device over a 1 Gbit network and it was sending a file at almost 50mbit per second... And I think that was bottle necked by my laptops write speed. This device is more than capable of streaming anything you want... Believe it or not I can even stream full blown PC game from this device as if they where installed on my PC by setting up a network drive and some special type of folders. Currently I stream uncompressed 1080p 3D content over to not my TV and PS3 and they both work perfectly as if the file was saved locally.
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The speed is good - You should have no problem running multiple hardware @ the same time. It is more a function of the ISP - and how fast their internet connection is.
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Considering that this item is 14mbps and your average internet connection is around 3mpbs it should be plenty fast for typical internet traffic such as gaming. 200mbps is only slow when you consider something used for direct connections like USB which is around 400mbps+. It's also not as fast as the 802.11b protocol which is around 54mbps. So as far as Internet access goes, it is fast enough. For home networking it is a bit slow.
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It is really only a question of Speed. Either cable will work for this but if you have a Gigabit network you will want to use CAT6.
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Why, Soitenly! Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. The connection is 100% compatible. The fastest speed you'll get would be limited but would not surpass the maximum USB 2 speed, anyway. The biggest impediment would be that AC speeds are limited to line of sight. AC is not suited to going through walls or floors. It is designed to work within a room. Your maximum network speed will be on the 802.11N usage. You will also need to have an 802.11AC Router to take advantage of this equipment. Make sure you buy a tri band router. Good luck!
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Yes! The four (4) Wired Network Ports are Gigabit, and the Router/Switch port is also Gigabit.
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Whether the router line enters a Low, Med, or High port on the switch, there is no impact on the speed of connected devices. I tested this. Also, the relative speed of connected devices does not vary between the Low, Med, or High ports unless there is a lot of traffic (e.g., streaming HD video) on a higher-priority port. The switch will then take some bandwidth from lower priority ports to ensure the quality of service on the higher priority port. Nearly all of the time, all ports will operate at the same high speed. WD should really document these things better, because while they're obvious to IT professionals, they're far from obvious to the home users that this product is marketed towards.
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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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RhymeBoy.G, Thanks for your post. I want to connect our satellite receiver, blu ray disk device, and plasma tv to the internet by cat5 cable. We have the following: dsl modem&gt;D-link wifi router&gt;desktop pc&gt;wifi laptops. I was not certain if I could connect the entertainment devices through a switch connected to the wifi router. Now I know this will work! Thanks.
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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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I do not know the speed, but you would think its 100 Mbit/s because that's what Ethernet is capable of.Anyway, when I watch movies using DLNA, I have not had any hiccups or slowdown whatsoever. But of course I watch movies that are that big in file sizes.
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According to some of the reviews, this will only work for up to 100Mbit Ethernet, not Gigabit. But if you're using this to protect a cable modem (coax in from wall and out to modem, Ethernet in from modem and out to router), then you shouldn't need anything more than 100Mbit protection.