networking - I have split my PPPoE connection with an Ethernet switch and now I am getting the same speed in both PC simultaneously. why is that?

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2014-07
  • user331940

    Not that I am complaining or anything, its just that I am overwhelmed! I have a PC and a laptop and a Netgear 5 port Fast Ethernet Switch. I connected both of my computers to the switch and started seperate downloads from them and voila! I am getting the exact speed that I pay for, for each PC and simultaneously. But why? can someone explain this phenomenon?

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  • CharlesH

    The only likely explanation of this behavior is that the bottleneck is actually from the downloads source.

    Your ISP will only allow up to a certain speed (this may be more than you think) however if you was to find a source that would 'max' out your ISP speed limit then you would definitely see the speed hit on the other machine.


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    Right now I'm running a simple network in my apartment using a wired/wireless router that supports speeds up to 100BASE-T. I've got my desktop, printer, and NAS device connected directly to the router using ethernet cables, and everything else (game consoles, etc.) is connected wirelessly.

    What I want to do is speed up the connection between my desktop and NAS device. Both devices support 1000BASE-T, but right now they're limited by the maximum speed of the router (100BASE-T).

    If I were to connect the two devices to a switch that supports 1000BASE-T, and then connect to the switch to the router, would the devices be able to communicate directly with each other through the switch at 1000BASE-T (i.e. bypassing the router), or would their speed still be limited by the speed of the network as a whole?


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  • Spiff

    Yes, you should expect to get gigabit speeds out of two devices connected to a gigabit switch, regardless of whether there happen to be any 100 megabit or 10 megabit devices connected to the same switch. It doesn't even matter if the router is 100 megabit.

    The whole point of a multi-speed switch (as opposed to a hub) is to keep the traffic and speed limitations of some devices from affecting other devices.

  • SysAdmin1138

    So long as they're on the same subnet (highly likely on a home network) the two devices will communicate at full GigE speeds. It may not get to full GigE speeds, there are some variables at play about that, but it'll absolutely be faster than 100Mbit.