Daz need to purchase one of these...my only question is will my existing ethernet cables that run from my router to the 3 pc's in the house work with a switch.or will ineed twistedpair/crossover cables?....
dodger crossover cables only connect two PC's together, so more than two a switch or a hub will be fine I have a GS108 here http://www.netgear.co.uk/gigabit_networ ... _gs105.php
Matt dodger said: crossover cables only connect two PC's together, so more than two a switch or a hub will be fine I have a GS108 here http://www.netgear.co.uk/gigabit_networ ... _gs105.php Some routers can also use cross over cables, as they are clever enough to know if it's straight through or cross over. How much stuff you passing over your network Roger, as that's quite a lot of bandwidth available with one of those switches
dodger Matt said: dodger said: crossover cables only connect two PC's together, so more than two a switch or a hub will be fine I have a GS108 here http://www.netgear.co.uk/gigabit_networ ... _gs105.php Some routers can also use cross over cables, as they are clever enough to know if it's straight through or cross over. How much stuff you passing over your network Roger, as that's quite a lot of bandwidth available with one of those switches Only the internet traffic and a backups to my Nasbox which is an old PC running FreeNas software, the reason i got that was the laptop and desktop pc both had gigabyte NICs in them and it was a shame to use the full capability LOL
Matt Sweet, I really want to run cable through my house, as wireless just isn't quick enough to stream HD media to the XBOX