Router vs Switch - I am still confused (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by zhuanyi@alien.top to c/homenetworking@selfhosted.forum

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Probably a very basic question but confused the hell out of me - say if I have 100mb internet at home, and scenario one, a router with 100mb port speed and I connect two PCs to it, each has a 100mb NIC card, is it true that ignoring other factors I should be able to get close to, if not 100mb connection on each of the PCs? On the other hand, scenario 2, if I have a (unmanaged) switch and I connect the PCs to the switch I would only ended up getting 50mb each on each of the PCs (i.e., the switch essentially "halved" my internet speed if I connect 2 PCs to it, 1/3 if I connect 3 PCs to it, etc)?

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[-] RScottyL@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Even if you only have 100 Mbps internet, you still want to make sure your router and switches are 1 Gbps...

it will give you enough overhead in the connections, especially if you still want to transfer data from one device to another on your network.

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