Gigabit Switches

[CHiLL]

If I bought a gigabit switch, what speeds would I be able to transfer files across my network?

I have 2 laptops (wireless - 54mp/s and wired gigabit) and 2 computers, which have gigbit network cards.

The computers are upstairs, connected to a 10/100 switch, which connects wired to the router downstairs.

Providing I bought gigabit network cables, what speeds am I looking at transferring files between the two computers upstairs using the switch?

Hope that made sense.

[MovedGoalPosts]

For best results everything needs to be passed directly through the gigabit switch so that is the junction box to your network:

router <> switch
computer #1 <> switch
computer #2 <> switch

and so on.

Anything connected via the router would be limited to the 10/100 speed ports of the router or the 54mpbs of the wireless via the router.

With the above layout, effectively replacing the 10/100 switch with the gigabit switch you'd get the faster speeds between the upstairs computers only.

[CHiLL]

Yeah, unless I connected the laptops directly hard wired the laptops into the switch.

When I transfer on my 10/100 switch, using 100mb/s cables and gigabit network cards, Vista shows I transfer at 10-11mb/s. How come it's so slow? And is there a way of making it faster? Also, what MB/s speeds would I be looking at on a gigabit network?

[cnewton2k]

I have got a Gigabit router and when i transfer files from my Diskstaion to my PC by FTP its maxes at around 7 MB/sec

[CHiLL]

Originally Posted by Solventcandy

I have got a Gigabit router and when i transfer files from my Diskstaion to my PC by FTP its maxes at around 7 MB/sec

Have you got gigabit network cables and network cards though?

Because I get 10/11MB on my 100MB network.

[cnewton2k]

Yeah i think so

When i check the Status in the networking centre it is connected at 1Gbps

[caph]

Originally Posted by chill

When I transfer on my 10/100 switch, using 100mb/s cables and gigabit network cards, Vista shows I transfer at 10-11mb/s How come it's so slow?

You're not confusing MByte/sec with MBit/sec are you? Your switch is 100Mbit/sec, IE in Vista shows file download speeds in MByte/sec. 10MByte/sec is about spot on for a 100MBit connection.

[CHiLL]

Originally Posted by caph

You're not confusing MByte/sec with MBit/sec are you? Your switch is 100Mbit/sec, IE in Vista shows file download speeds in MByte/sec. 10MByte/sec is about spot on for a 100MBit connection.

Yeah, I probably am getting them confused. Always have. -_-

How long would it take to transfer a 700mb AVI film over a gigabit LAN, as opposed to the 3-4 mins it takes on a 10/100 LAN?

[cnewton2k]

About 1min 5sec at 10Mb/sec

[CHiLL]

Originally Posted by Solventcandy

About 1min 5sec at 10Mb/sec

Is it worth the extra £25 quid for a basic D-Link gigabit switch, and the extra couple of quid for the cables?

[downquark1]

I'm curious what mileage other people get out of their gigabit switches. So far I've only ever got slightly higher than 100mb. I'm probably hitting the hard disk speed limit.

[cnewton2k]

Well i am now a bit confused!!

Does anyone know if it is running at the correct speed ? or is mine slow??

Cheers

[Turkey Machine]

Gigabit's speed (theoretical maximum) is about 118 Megabytes per second with ideal conditions. If you're just doing a copy + paste in Explorer, ditch that idea and use a proper copy tool like TeraCopy.

[Druchii]

Originally Posted by downquark1

I'm curious what mileage other people get out of their gigabit switches. So far I've only ever got slightly higher than 100mb. I'm probably hitting the hard disk speed limit.

Hit about 18MB/s over LAN.

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by Druchii

Hit about 18MB/s over LAN.

Similar to mine though I do get faster speeds between certain machines, I'm guessing its a driver/hardware combination thing. My two HP Evos can do about 30MB/s between each other yet my laptop and my other machine (Both with Gig NICs) only achieve between 16MB/s - 20MB/s to any of the other machines including the Evos.