Follow up Q to the separate network thread

Posted by: Jonas Olofsson on 03 January 2013

I bought a Netgear GS605 switch but saw when I got home, that it had an internet connection also. Did I buy the wrong one and should I have bought FS105 instead?

My idea was to connect, by cable, the switch to my router and in the switch connect NDS, UnitiServe and NAS, keeping them "beside" the network I already have at home.

Right or wrong and what to do?

//Jonas
Posted on: 03 January 2013 by Michael Chare

The GS605 looks like a Gigabit switch (1000mbps) The FS105 is 100mpbs switch.

 

AFAICT, Either would do what you want. Gigabit equipment is more the sort of thing that you might need to ship multiple HD Video streams around your house.If the NDS displays a buffer level (like the Unitis) and that stays full I suspect that that is as goods as it gets.

 

Posted on: 03 January 2013 by Michael Chare
Originally Posted by Michael Chare:

The GS605 looks like a Gigabit switch (1000mbps) The FS105 is 100mpbs switch.

 

I would have thought that all the ports could be considered to be Internet connections.

 

AFAICT, Either would do what you want. Gigabit equipment is more the sort of thing that you might need to ship multiple HD Video streams around your house.If the NDS displays a buffer level (like the Unitis) and that stays full I suspect that that is as goods as it gets.

 

Posted on: 03 January 2013 by Peter_RN

Hi Jonas

 

The GS605 is a switch, which is what you require, connect it up and forget it.

 

Not sure what you are concerned about.

 

Regards

Peter

Posted on: 03 January 2013 by Jonas Olofsson
I was concerned because of the possibilty to connect and internet connection to it. I will still have the internet connection to the router and then the router connected (cat5) to the Netgear switch.

Im right thinking so?

//Jonas
Posted on: 03 January 2013 by Mac User

Jonas,

As Peter says, the switch is the right one and will allow Internet access via the main Router to the devices plugged into it.

Enjoy 

Posted on: 03 January 2013 by Peter_RN

Hi Jonas

 

The switch will connect to the Internet via the router, which is what you need.

It is not a router, which again is what you need.

 

You may well find that the ports are split 5 + 1, if this is the case connect the single port to the router (cat5e is fine) as this is the uplink port.

 

Regards

Peter

Posted on: 03 January 2013 by NFG

Hello,

 

The GS605 is a 5 port auto sensing switch capable of 10, 100 or 1000 Mb/s (Gb/s) speeds measured  in Megabits/second (not Megabytes/second). As far as I can see theres no internet connection, you just need to connect one port to your router to achieve that.

 

The switch will run each port depending on the connected device, so if you connect to a 10 Mb/s router then that port will run at 10Mb/s likewise, connect a PC with a 100Mb/s network card will run at 100Mb/s whilst the other ports run at best speed they can communicate at.

 

Also check your cables are cat 5 or better most are nowadays & cat 6 have slightly more copper.

 

Hope this helps explain it.

 

N

Posted on: 03 January 2013 by Jonas Olofsson
Fantastic & thx a lot!

//Jonas