Home networking, does Gigabit speed matter?

[realazy]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

I was wondering about that. Any issue daisy-chaining multiple unmanaged switches? It's certainly cheaper.

Shouldn't matter. Just don't put a multiple switches upstream of the router. Switches are supposed to be invisible on a network.

[ExtraSlow]

Thanks beyond! That's three questions answered!

[Xtrema]

This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote

I was wondering about that. Any issue daisy-chaining multiple unmanaged switches? It's certainly cheaper.

Nah, I have 8 port at the home theatre. Uplink to another 8 port for the floor then it terminated at a 4 port wireless gateway.

[ExtraSlow]

The only issue is it would annoy me because I've started organizing my cables with zip ties:


A single 16 port switch woukd look so much better.

[ShermanEF9]

it won't take much to saturate that. if you have multiple devices hooked up to that switch, you're sharing ONE 100mbit port to the outside of that switch. keep that in mind.

[jacky4566]

Holy crow yes. Why limit your network by a factor of 10x for a few bucks?

If you have 10+ devices I bet some of those are servers to other devices. Backup machines, NAS, DVR. Those devices will all surely need more than 100mbit/s.

So, pro tip when you have more than 8 devices, buy used pro gear!
Here is a 24 port gigabit switch for $70:
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-computer-net...ationFlag=true

[suntan]

For consumer level unmanaged switches I recommend you go no more than three switches deep. Spanning tree protocol works for up to seven hops but I wouldn’t count on that being reliable. After that you’d need stackable switches.

[eblend]

Go gigabit, internet speeds will only improve. If you need a cheap 12 or 24 port gigabit switch I got a couple 3com ones, managed to boot with vlan support of you need that. I got them listed on kijiji. Back from Japan tomorrow so can be available for pickup quickly. I got a bunch of switches so ignore the higher priced Ciscos in the list and scroll down.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-computer-net...8ps/1406285828