Switch and router

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10. September 2009 @ 05:30

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ok I just got these for my birthday and I have a problem I have verizon fios witch means I have there router I just got the trendnet TEG-S80g switch and the dlink NAS-321 storage unit. I know that the router is 10/100 mbts and the switch is 10/100/1000 mbits so I want to connect the storage and computers ( i have 2 and a ps3 ) all on the switch but I want to have internet access on them can I do this ?

p.s. on the verizon router there are 4 ports and 1 wan port thats 10/100 help me please

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10. September 2009 @ 05:51

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cancle I got it working but the speed is not right speeds on both sides are 10/100/1000 and so is the switch whats wrong?

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10. September 2009 @ 11:51

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If you want the fastest possible speeds to all devices you should have a single connection between the switch and the router.

You should connect all GigE (1000 Mbps) capable devices to the switch, and the rest connected to the router. Overflow devices can be connected to the switch.

Devices will only communicate at the speed of the slowest device (100Mbps to 1000Mbps will communicated at 100Mbps).

1000 Mbps to 1000Mpbs will talk at 1000Mbps but both must be connected directly to the switch.

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10. September 2009 @ 13:52

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they are the only thing that's 10/100 is the cord going to the router to the switch but even if a transfer files from my computer to the storage that both have 1000 its not that fast

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10. September 2009 @ 14:03

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". . .but the speed is not right speeds . . ."

What does this mean? Speeds on what and between what?

Do both the PC and the NAS box show up on the switch as Gig-E devices? (I.e. Amber light)

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10. September 2009 @ 14:08

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If you want to see if your setup is running at the correct speeds you can do this simple test.

Choose a large file 4-5GB on the NAS box.

1.Plug both the NAS box and the PC into the ROUTER. You are now running at 100Mbps.

2.Copy the file from the NAS box to the PC, noting the approximate time of transfer.

3.Plug both the NAS box and the PC into the SWITCH. Verify that you are now running both devices at 1000Mbps (amber LED on switch ports connected to PC and NAS box.

4.Copy the file from the NAS box to the PC, noting the approximate time of transfer.

Time in step 4 should be less than time recorded in step 2. As a benchmark, it takes about 4 minutes to transfer a 4GB .iso file from PC to PC over my GigE network at home.

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10. September 2009 @ 14:50

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ok well the speed I am getting from computer to nas over switch is 14MB while on the router I get 13MB I think it should be fast than that

AfterDawn Addict

10. September 2009 @ 15:18

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How are you measuring the speed?

If you are doing a file transfer how big is the file?

You have not answered other questions that are necessary to trying to resolve this problem.

"Do both the PC and the NAS box show up on the switch as Gig-E devices? (I.e. Amber light) "

If you can't provide the data, I can't help you.

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10. September 2009 @ 20:42

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both have green lights (means there 1000) the only amber light is from the switch to the router since its 100 I am transferring 4 gig movies

I measure the speed cause it shows in windows when you transfer files or copy them

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10. September 2009 @ 22:55

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13. September 2009 @ 02:38

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why did you withdraw your post?

AfterDawn Addict

13. September 2009 @ 18:28

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Because I had nothing useful to add at that time and I don't have time to do any testing on my network at home.

There are many reasons that you are not seeeing the throughput that you may be expecting. (What ARE you expecting?)

"I measure the speed cause it shows in windows when you transfer files or copy them"

That is a very crude and unreliable way of measuring network throughput.

I would suggest you get something like SiSoft Sandra and run the Network benchmark for a more accurate and realistic measure of your throughput.

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kk0425

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13. September 2009 @ 20:47

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What exactly are you asking prutsos? If you have a 10/100/1000 switch, that just means it has compatibility with a 10,100, or 1000 capable devices. If the device can only go 100Mb/s then that's the fasted you're going to see on that device unless you upgrade the NIC.

Only the devices that are connected to the switch, and can support 1000Mb/s speeds, AND using a CAT6 ethernet cable are going to achieve those speeds (in theory). And about the speeds you posted, 13MB/s*8=104Mb/s. So it sounds like you are getting the correct speeds from the router. For the switch, not really sure unless you are positive that it supports a 1Gb/s speed and you are using the appropriate cable (CAT6).

But to answer your original question, yes it is possible. All you need to do is run an ethernet cable from your router to the switch. Since the router only supports 10/100 a CAT5e cable should be enough, unless you are planning on upgrading sometime in the future to a router that supports 10/100/1000 speeds. Then I would personally go to a CAT6 cable to support the 1000Mb/s speed.

Oh and note for the future, if you have a question, please make it understandable so we can help you faster.