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I understand GS305 has to be plugged directly into a router in order to get gigabit speed. Does that mean with two GS305 connected to each other, there is no way to get gigabit (because only one GS305 can be directly connected to a router)?
I have an NAS connected to one switch in one room, and a PC connected to a second switch in another room. The switches are then connected with a 75-foot CAT6 ethernet cable, and the second switch is connected to a router.
I do not want to connect both switches directly to the router. If I do, when I watch movies on the PC, the traffic has to go through both switches AND the router. If I connect the switches together, the traffic does not reach the router.
Please feel free to pass along any useful information. For example, what's an "AC6700-AC"? Or:
> Are there speed-indicating LEDs on any of these gizmos, or software > which you can interrogate?
> [...] after I swapped the switches, speed goes up to 30 MB/s.
Perhaps, but a bad device or cable could explain such problems, too.
> Do I have to connect the router only on port 5 of GS305? Port 5 was > explicitly mentioned in guide for GS305P [...]
If you have a GS305, then why look at the installation guide for a GS305P"? If you're confused by this, then how confident should I be in your "I did get my facts straight" claim?
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your (actual) model number, and look for Documentation. Get some (for your actual model). Read.
With a simple unmanaged switch (not one with PoE), the ports are all equivalent.
> I understand GS305 has to be plugged directly into a router in order > to get gigabit speed. [...]
I don't. How, exactly, did you reach this "understanding"?
> [...] Does that mean [...]
It might mean that, if it were true.
> I do not want [...]
Why do you care? Have you any actual evidence that anything bad happens no matter how you shuffle this stuff around?
Are there speed-indicating LEDs on any of these gizmos, or software which you can interrogate?
It's certainly true that passing a message through more boxes will not improve its speed or latency, but I seriously doubt that one more gigabit/s-capable switch will spoil your motion-picture viewing experience.
I'd run the experiment, and, if some actual problem arises, then return here with more facts and less speculation.
When I connect my lan as AC6700-AC (with router turned on) to TopLink TK-1008G to GS305, with PC connected to TopLink and NAS(ix2) connected to GS305, I get only 11MB/s when copying a Windows Media Center recordedTV file (4GB) from PC to NAS; after I swapped the switches, speed goes up to 30 MB/s.
I don't want to put more load on AC6700-AC because it runs hot, even with WiFi turned off.
Do I have to connect the router only on port 5 of GS305? Port 5 was explicitly mentioned in guide for GS305P as the port to connect a router. This is just weird.
Please feel free to pass along any useful information. For example, what's an "AC6700-AC"? Or:
> Are there speed-indicating LEDs on any of these gizmos, or software > which you can interrogate?
> [...] after I swapped the switches, speed goes up to 30 MB/s.
Perhaps, but a bad device or cable could explain such problems, too.
> Do I have to connect the router only on port 5 of GS305? Port 5 was > explicitly mentioned in guide for GS305P [...]
If you have a GS305, then why look at the installation guide for a GS305P"? If you're confused by this, then how confident should I be in your "I did get my facts straight" claim?
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your (actual) model number, and look for Documentation. Get some (for your actual model). Read.
With a simple unmanaged switch (not one with PoE), the ports are all equivalent.
