Re: switch .vs. hub
From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 01/06/05
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 12:50:18 -0700
In article <4D1F202B-CCC9-4F41-A5EB-8B3CE54093B0@microsoft.com>, Nih
<Nih@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I currently have a hub in the basement connecting all the cat 5 jacks
>throughout the house. I noticed the connection speed on my laptop through
>the hub is 10mbps but if i take it upstairs and connect directly to one my my
>router's ports it gets 100mbps. I understand hubs are "dumb" devices and
>sends the data to all ports but if i get a switch will I get 100mbps on the
>laptop downstairs? Does this speed only affect file transferrs between
>computers or does it also affect internet speed?
Yes, your laptop will connect at 100mbps if you replace the 10mbps hub
with a 100mbps switch. File transfers will go at the higher speed.
However, that won't have any effect on Internet speed, since the
maximum speed of a home broadband connection (cable modem, DSL modem,
satellite, etc) is far less than 10mbps.
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