January 17, 201115 yr http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4431511&CatId=2796 8 ports - good for those with more than one server/media player etc...
January 17, 201115 yr http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4431511&CatId=2796 8 ports - good for those with more than one server/media player etc... Thanks Perfect timing. Snagged one. (BTW for those interested, the default shipping is like $7 - if you do the drop-down, there's a slower option for under $3 -- I'm cheap)
January 17, 201115 yr This is probably a stupid question, but where do you get to take advantage of the Gigabit speed? My unraid server and all my PC's are Gigabit capable, however my Netgear wireless Router is not. Do you get to see the benefits of the Gigabit speed more when transferring files or streaming larger files like Blue ray? Is there as way to hook this up to all the wired devices but still keep my netgear wireless router for my laptop? This seemed like a good deal and would not mind trying it out. Thanks in advance.
January 17, 201115 yr Author You will see the benefits when transferring files between devices connected on the GigE switch. Connect one port from the switch to your existing router (this allows everything connected to the switch to connect to the WAN. Use the remaining (GigE ports) ports to connect your devices - ie..unRAID, client PCs, media players etc.
January 17, 201115 yr This is probably a stupid question, but where do you get to take advantage of the Gigabit speed? My unraid server and all my PC's are Gigabit capable, however my Netgear wireless Router is not. Do you get to see the benefits of the Gigabit speed more when transferring files or streaming larger files like Blue ray? Is there as way to hook this up to all the wired devices but still keep my netgear wireless router for my laptop? This seemed like a good deal and would not mind trying it out. Thanks in advance. I have a mixture of a cable modem to the internet, and wireless in my house, plus hardwired. I see the benefits of the gigabit with wired-to-wired connections. Think of things like the "weakest link" -- my gigabit connection is the best, then the wireless, then my cable modem. If I mentally think about the path that things take between "A" and "B" --- then my performance is the slowest of that path. For my file copying, I'm gig-to-gig, so that's my best speed. When I'm surfing the net from the other room, I'm wireless -> gig -> internet --- so my slowest is the internet.
January 17, 201115 yr This is probably a stupid question, but where do you get to take advantage of the Gigabit speed? My unraid server and all my PC's are Gigabit capable, however my Netgear wireless Router is not. Do you get to see the benefits of the Gigabit speed more when transferring files or streaming larger files like Blue ray? Is there as way to hook this up to all the wired devices but still keep my netgear wireless router for my laptop? This seemed like a good deal and would not mind trying it out. Thanks in advance. The generally accepted method to setup a gigabit network is as follows: modem > router > switch > wired devices When transferring files among devices on the network, they communicate only among the switch's ports, with the faster of the two speeds, gigabit. But when the devices need to go outside the house, they use the router. Think of a 400m track used for sporting events. The inside lanes (gigabit switch) are on the same track as the outside lanes (router), yet arrive at the finish line sooner by avoiding those slower outside lanes. This works for me, and will work for you, too.
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