Tau
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Alright, well i have a solid network in place, though i am sure i should be getting a bit more speed out of it. I will outline the setup here, and hopefully someone can shed some light on the matter.
Modem>Hub>Router>Switch>computer 1
>Server >computer 2
>computer 3
>computer 4
>Wireless Access Point>laptop
>laptop
Now the modem is 10base-t, as is the hub. First question is, can a switch split IP's? when i initially set all this up i couldent get a switch to properly split the two IP's that my ISP gives me, so i had to throw and old hub in there (i really dont like it, and im willing to bet some of my internet speed is being lost there with collisions)
router is a DL-604 (i hate it) but it gets the job done, router is 10/100. Switch and all the computers on it are full gigabit, AP is 10/100, and w/e the fastest below N is (i think 54G+ or something like that).
Now since the Router is assigning all the IP's and henceforce handling all the NAT all the data i move between computers first goes back to the router, than back out through the switch and to the destination pc? if this is the case my network would be crippled by the 100 speed of the router...
I havent been able to dig anything up on google about this either. I will be adding another server onto the network here in the next couple of days (VPN server, and inhouse fileserver). I want to make sure that i am providing the fastest connections that i can, and use the maximum thruput of my network at all times.
So again any light you guys (and gals) can shed on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
-Tau
Modem>Hub>Router>Switch>computer 1
>Server >computer 2
>computer 3
>computer 4
>Wireless Access Point>laptop
>laptop
Now the modem is 10base-t, as is the hub. First question is, can a switch split IP's? when i initially set all this up i couldent get a switch to properly split the two IP's that my ISP gives me, so i had to throw and old hub in there (i really dont like it, and im willing to bet some of my internet speed is being lost there with collisions)
router is a DL-604 (i hate it) but it gets the job done, router is 10/100. Switch and all the computers on it are full gigabit, AP is 10/100, and w/e the fastest below N is (i think 54G+ or something like that).
Now since the Router is assigning all the IP's and henceforce handling all the NAT all the data i move between computers first goes back to the router, than back out through the switch and to the destination pc? if this is the case my network would be crippled by the 100 speed of the router...
I havent been able to dig anything up on google about this either. I will be adding another server onto the network here in the next couple of days (VPN server, and inhouse fileserver). I want to make sure that i am providing the fastest connections that i can, and use the maximum thruput of my network at all times.
So again any light you guys (and gals) can shed on this issue would be greatly appreciated.
-Tau