Adding LAN Ports To Your Router And Increasing Your LAN (Local Area Network) Speed

[@thisguyny8379]

Thank you!! I can't tell you how long it took me to find a video where someone actually explained the physical connection of the switch to their router. I was confounded by the fact that none of the ports specify in or out. Noob question, I know. But I'm glad you addressed it.

[@richardlloydusa]

+Aaron Ramey You are welcome. I am glad I was able to help you with this. Thanks for watching.

[@MrDieseldog]

Thanks Richard...your Videos are very informative and helpful to non -techno folks...and i have sorted out some major problems I have had,thanks to your videos all is sorted....Cheers and another big thankyou.I have subscribed and looking forward to more videos.

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. If you have any suggestions on probable videos I welcome them all. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@richardlloydusa]

@Kenny Hassal It depends. If your router has 1Gb/s ports and the switch has 1Gb/s ports you should Cat6 if you want to make your router ports part of your internal 1 Gb/s network. If your router is only has 100 Mb/s ports Cat5 is fine. Even if both devices have 1 Gb/s ports but all you are doing with the router is relaying your internet connection to the switch Cat5 is fine as most people's internet speed is well bellow 100 Mb/s.

[@paddle_shift]

Well, assuming you had a gig router, the connection between the switch and the gig router is 1 gig. The 7 remaining gig ports on the switch if all are in use are 1 gig /7 ports or roughly 141 megs per port. You can't squeeze 7 gig of data through a 1 gig connection. If only 1 of the 7 ports are active, then that 1 port would see the 1 gig throughput (theoretically), 2 active ports 500 meg and so on.

[@garyjoachim7926]

wish i came across this 2 days ago, i have a 100 Mbps switch( 5 ports). i have been transferring files from an old NAS to a new NAS unit. only 22 hours to go.. will upgrade the switch to a 1 Gbps once this has copied across.. thanks Richard.

[@richardlloydusa]

+gary Joachim You are welcome. The upgrade will be worth every penny. Make sure you have cat5e cables as well to ensure you get the best performance.

[@richardlloydusa]

@timcat100 Yes you are right in your analysis if you are still using a 10 Mbps NIC. My assumption here is that all the devices connected to the 1Gb switch would also be 1Gb. If you are still using a 10Mbs NIC you can easily buy Gigabit Ethernet PC Card or USB adapter for under $20 and fix that problem. Here's a link for that at Amazon :amzn.to/1lH1Q7i Thanks for the input.

[@esmudgethedog]

N1 cheers m8. All the best from over the pond. Thanks.

[@unknown_channel_name]

You solved all my questions at once. I use my old pc as a media server but as both the pc are connected via an old router that has only 100mbps ports on it. Local file transfer is terribly slow at 11mbps. I will be buying a gigabit switch soon. Thanks again.

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Make sure your media server has a 1Gbps network card in it as well. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@richardlloydusa]

@Jess Evans This video is about increasing Local Area Network (LAN) speed not Wide Area Network (Internet) WAN speed as well as increasing the number of ports available to the network. 1 Gbps LAN speed is 10X faster than 100Mbps, common switch or not that is a significant speed difference in you LAN speed. Thanks.

[@richardlloydusa]

David Trawick The 1Gbps switch will not slow down the 100Mbps router at all but it wont speed it up either. You are right that if you have ten devices pulling 10Mbps each they will max out the internet (Wide Area Network WAN) connection but this will have no effect on the speed of communication between the internal network (Local Area Network LAN) devices they will all still communicate with each other at 1Gbps. I use a 1Gbps 4 port router TP-LINK TL-WDR4300 N750 Dual Band WIFI Router: amzn.to/1AkbD7H That way no part of my network is 100 Mbps. BTW Time Warner Cable now offers up to 300 Mbps internet connections www.timewarnercable.com/en/about-us/press/twc-begins-major-internet-speed-increase.html . A switch is not a router. A switch connects computers together and moves data between them and that is all a switch does (in general you can't configure them). A router, routes data from one network to another and routes the data to the computer that asked for it . I think the confusion begins when people call a internet router like the TP-Link WDR4300 because it is a router but it also has a 4 port 1Gbs switch built into as well as a DHCP server, WIFI, Firewall NAT etc. etc etc. But really all you need to know is that a router alone connects separate networks together and it moves data (routes) data between them to the computers who asked for it. Hubs are basically broadcast devices data that goes in is broadcast to all the ports and vice versa (this creates a huge collision domain) which slows everything down as every collision of data has to be resent again. A switch only sends data to the port that requires the data therefore vastly reducing the possibility of a collision. So a switch is best. It is actually getting hard to buy a hub as they are not preferred as network device unless you are a hacker (That's another story and another reason why). I hope I helped you out with this. Thanks.

[@BillAnt]

This is clever and inexpensive solution for expanding/speeding up your LAN (and remember LAN only!!) if your wireless router only has a few LAN ports (which most do) and/or a maximum transfer speed of 10/100mbps. Adding a 1gbps switch will make your file transfers fly between the switch's WIRED LAN ports only. Again no speed improvements between the wireless/wired connections. Hope this makes it a bit more clear for those who need this solution.

[@revive_ibankssi3153]

Richard Lloyd ok so to make sure I understand it doesn't make my internet faster it makes the connection between my connected devices ? so it will not change my 25 mbps?

[@richardlloydusa]

Yes that is correct. Your Internet speed is to your home from the Internet Service Provider (ISP). The only way to make that faster is to upgrade your Internet speed with your ISP. Thanks.

[@Kevin27-LM]

thanks for the video, great to know as im learning, this place helped me with the information i need to gather to connect my philips hue with a bridge using an added port and connect it to the router , thanks! gigabit is what im going to use.

[@MikeGuilmot]

And don't forget to throw out your old Cat5 cables, and replace them with at least Cat5e/Cat6 :-) I finally installed a switch between my servers, and the speed went up 6-7 times for backups and data transfers, so it is worth the 30-50€/$ :-)

[@richardlloydusa]

Very good point. On many cables their speed and specs are printed on the outer insulation jacket. The speed of the wire does matter. It is a very cost effective way to speed up your LAN. Thanks.

[@G1NZOU]

Once I started buying a couple of switches and Powerline units for my home network, I found out the router my ISP had supplied had the 5th port as Gigabit Ethernet, but the Ethernet cable was plugged into port 1 which was only 100Mbps, I was getting around 48Mbps internet speeds on my PC so I swapped around and connected my Powerline unit to the Gigabit port, with a Gigabit switch at the other end of the powerline linking to my PC and now I'm getting 72Mbps, the Internet speed going to your modem may be out of your control, but the greater speeds you can manage around your network the less chance of bottlenecks.

[@G1NZOU]

+Harry Akira Eaton It was odd that the technician hadn't used the Gigabit port in the first place.

[@richardlloydusa]

+Harry Akira Eaton I stopped renting the modem/router from TWC as it was costing me $8 a month or $96 a year. I bought my own modem instead and use my own WIFI router the savings will pay for the equipment in a year and a half and then I save the $8 month for ever so if I ever need to upgrade or replace any of it the $8 a month savings will eventually pay for it. Here is a video I made on that kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4fFqqp8l7h1ptE Thanks

[@davidsharko5293]

but all ip configurations run back to router at speed 100mbps, that increases significant lag and latency

[@richardlloydusa]

I will probably do an update to this video in the future as the technology and speeds have changed significantly since I did the video but the concepts still remain the same. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@BillAnt]

Great trick... but this was in 2013. Nowadays you will most likely have to get a gigabit router too due to the faster internet speeds, however this trick is still valid for expanding the limited number of port on the back of your router. ;)

[@technicmasters7936]

Connect the Internet IN cable to the swich and all the other devices to the swich and connect one cable from the swich to the INTERNET IN port on the router. Now you will have a 1Gb link to the internet and 100Mb link to the router

[@elvi4]

Thanks for this video, you answered all my questions! Superb!

[@richardlloydusa]

Great! thanks for watching.

[@waqasahmed939]

The gigabit/100 megabit thing about not receiving that amount from "the internet" is fair enough, but some people want gigabit speed for within the home network ie: storage, media streaming etc... but as you said, they can't connect to the internet at any faster than 100Mb/s

[@richardlloydusa]

You can't take more water out of a pipe than you put into it regardless of how big the pipe is. Thanks

[@waqasahmed939]

Richard Lloyd Yah I'm aware of that - Im getting at that you may say for example have a NAS drive, that is connected to a media system downstairs, and within the LAN, they could in theory transmit at 1Gb/s Tell a lie, they wouldnt, because the bottleneck would be the hard drives :p Though if they both had SSD's then the hard drive would no longer be the bottleneck..

[@richardlloydusa]

Waqas Ahmed Understood and that is the primary reason to go with a gigabit switch. When I transfer large files inside my network, like my video files I certainly enjoy the extra speed but as you said the hard drive storage speed is the bottleneck. Some NAS solutions are pretty fast (over 100 mbps www.smallnetbuilder.com/tools/charts/nas/view) and your suggestion has got me thinking about building a Linux RAID 5 system to back up my video projects. Hard drives are getting so cheap that I am thinking it would not cost that much to build one. Thanks for the input.

[@waqasahmed939]

Richard Lloyd Tbf, NAS's can be fast, but ordinary hard drive not always so - I mean they might advertise that they can do x speed, BUT they've got an OS loaded on to the hard drive, which is going to eat into that any way :p And yeah you can get a 1TB drive for around £50 at 2.5" as well I believe!!! Tbh, I want a properly wired up home network, so it's "future proof" and I can just bang in another switch if needed, with seperate VLAN's for IP CCTV stuff! BTW, those speeds were in MB/s and not Mb/s so like 8 times as fast :)

[@richardlloydusa]

Waqas Ahmed The technology is getting so cheap. You can buy a managed switch 10/100/1000Mbps Ports, 2 Combo Gigabit SFP Slots with 32Gbps Bandwidth for $167.00 amzn.to/1Gv4AtU so you can go there quite cheaply. Good catch on the NAS speed too. 1Gbps would barely be adequate for those NAS systems. Thanks again.

[@thegreekguyviva-greece5881]

Thank you....I'm computer ignant! This helped a lot thank you

[@richardlloydusa]

You are welcome. Glad I could help. Thanks for watching.

[@pegeman1510]

This was great, thanks for posting this video.

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@misterspot3470]

Why not connecting the modem directly into the new switch, then feed the router from the switch? Then all your ports have greater speed directly to the Internet, and within themselves as well.

[@richardlloydusa]

The modem needs to be connected to the WAN port of the router directly to allow the router to connect multiple hosts to one IP address using NAT so your configuration would not allow that to happen. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@misterspot3470]

@@richardlloydusa Understood. It looks like if you connect the switch directly to the modem, and the ISP provides you with only 1 IP address, this would only partially work. Also, you would lose all security that the router offers and your traffic would become visible. This is why we upgraded our router. I handle 18 clients over 1 main router, 1 Unifi repeater, 2 switches and I recently put back an old WRT54 into service as an access point. Thanks for people like you who take time and effort to publish valuable information.

[@richardlloydusa]

Thanks again Sir. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@ivanwill]

I appreciate how you explained this! Thanks...

[@richardkonsky]

very informative video i had a 50mbps internet due to having a 100mbps router now i have upgraded to a gigabit router it turns out the internet is 120mbps.

[@richardlloydusa]

Great! Thanks for watching and the kind comments. All the best.

[@TEAMPHHrollsUSD]

Thank you Mr. Lloyd for your great explanation. By buying a gigabit switch and connecting multiple computers exactly in your video.Is there a need to configure anything or is it usually plug and play?

[@richardlloydusa]

Make sure the switch you are buying has auto MDI/MDIX eliminates the need for crossover cables. Furthermore, make sure you get Auto-negotiation on each port that senses the link speed of a network device-10, 100, or 1000 Mbps-and intelligently adjusts for compatibility and optimal performance. The switches I list in the description have these abilities.

[@TEAMPHHrollsUSD]

Thank you.

[@richardlloydusa]

Frank UHMW You are welcome.

[@cdnwizard]

Many thanks for this. Bravo Zulu!

[@roadmonitoroz]

I might have to do this. I currently have multiple network drives and pc's plugged into the poor router and am getting incredibly slow transfers (10 Mb / second maximum) so 100 gigs of data is taking about 4 hours to transfer As we speak now I'm trying to move about 3 Tb across a network in little chunks but I see its going to take weeks to do it. Thanks for the informative video

[@richardlloydusa]

+roadmonitoroz Brisbane You're welcome. If I were you I would most definitely do this. It will pay for it's self in no time.

[@roadmonitoroz]

+Richard Lloyd Yep. I purchased a switch the next day and 2 x cat 6 cables. Now I get about 70 Mb / second transfers from one NAS (cheaper one) to another NAS (expensive one). I also get about 90 + Mb/s transfers from an internal sata drive to the expensive NAS (seriously fast). It still took about 5 hours to complete everything but that is far better than a few weeks.

[@richardlloydusa]

+roadmonitoroz Brisbane You know it. 5 hours is a heck of a lot better then a few weeks. You get to a point with technology where the price point to benefit ratio is so crazy that not upgrading is actually working against you. Thanks again and glad I could help.

[@jeffherdzina6716]

Linksys ( Now owned by Belkin) has GB switches out. They are massive when compared to the old switches (when owned by Cisco) 8 ports as well. And do a great job when 7 Linux servers all need updates at the same time. I also have a 2nd switch waiting to be hooked up to a Dell R610 server and 4 GB ports on the server.

[@meterpangs9318]

Thanks just the info I needed !

[@Trudefensefirearmstraining]

Exactly what I needed to know. Question, any pro/cons switches vs hubs?

[@richardlloydusa]

Tru-Defense Firearms Training There is a huge difference between switches and hubs. Hubs are have no control of packet handling so every packet that goes into a hub is broadcast to every port in the hub which means the hub becomes a huge collision domain. A switch actually directs each packet to only the port that the packet is supposed to go to be delivered which makes the switch a much more efficient network device and also more secure device. Hackers love hubs because they can read all the data passing through the hub by simply plugging into an empty port or by connecting a hub to a network at the correct point and doing the same. In short buy a switch if you want a secure efficient network device or a hub if you want to be able to see all the data flowing through it and are willing to put up with it's inherent inefficiency. BTW true hubs are hard to find amzn.to/1MRyURc as switches are generally preferred. Thanks for the question.

[@Trudefensefirearmstraining]

Thanks so much for the quick answer. What you said was somewhat my suspicion and then some. Thanks for the link! Thanks again!!

[@Trudefensefirearmstraining]

I'm needing to extend to 8 different runs in my house. What recommendation would you make for a switch. It will be coming off of the newest verizon modem/wifi. 50up and 50 down. Thinking of increasing to 100 up and 100 down. Having buffering issues with my apple tv with the current wireless set up.

[@richardlloydusa]

Tru-Defense Firearms Training I would go with an 8 port 1Gbps switch like this one at Amazon: amzn.to/1kaPhdp It's great switch look at the 2700+ reviews. Now remember this is only a switch it will have no effect on your WIFI performance if that is where the bottle neck is with your Apple TV.

[@Trudefensefirearmstraining]

My goal is to make a wired connection to the apple tv amongst other things (xbox, smart tv, etc.). I'm thinking I will just leave the wireless features for out iphones/ipads etc.Thanks again for the guidance!!

[@oleksandrtsiupka]

It is very helpful video! Thank you.

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@aefbNone]

gj! finally some that knows what he's talkin bout

[@ryanillsley86]

Excellent video.

[@mostlymessingabout]

You should probably mention that putting the devices on the switch increases the latency to the internet which is not great in some applications like gaming.

[@richardlloydusa]

Thanh Tran The more bandwidth you suck up the slower it will be. Thanks

[@mostlymessingabout]

What I mean is if you use a 10/100/1000 switch instead of connecting straight to the slower 10/100 port your latency will increase which is not great for gaming

[@und3rgr0undfr34k]

Richard Lloyd Great Video! very informative.

[@richardlloydusa]

Thank you very much.

[@hoser193]

I just checked the prices on the two switches you show. The 1Gbit is less than $3.00 on 09/12/2018

[@BillAnt]

Well yeah this video was made in 2013 lol Better brand name ones run around 30-100 bucks depending on the number of ports.

[@richardlloydusa]

***** Wireless is not as secure as wired connection nor currently as fast. My LAN is limited to my office space so I don't have wires all over the house but it is possible to run the cables through the ceiling, walls and basement to hide them. Thanks.

[@777Yashobeamofchrist]

Thanks, really nice

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@Vpr310]

You for got the extra 3 ports on the router can be used also. Giving you 10 open ports.

[@richardlloydusa]

Yes it is true you can use the open ports on the router as well. Remember not all routers have four ports though. In my case the ports on the router would be 100 Mbps ports therefore being 10 times slower than the attached 1 Gbps switch. I would much rather have my Local Area Network (LAN) computers talking to each other as fast as possible. By plugging all the computers to the switch and only having the router attached to the switch for internet access, your LAN computers would all talk to each other at 1Gbps. Thanks.

[@Vpr310]

Understood, use the ports on the router for WAN.

[@richardlloydusa]

Viper310 Yes. Consider also that you can get a 200 Mbps internet connection now too, at which point changing the router to a 1 Gbps router becomes imperative as well. LOL Technology moves so fast.

[@Vpr310]

Time Warner now provides 300Mbps. Hope my Linksys E3000 can hang.

[@richardlloydusa]

Viper310 The LAN ports on your E3000 are 1 Gbps, I would have to think the Wan is the same so the wired portion of your router "should" keep up with the 300 Mbps Internet service. The WIFI is 300 Mbps max as in the best possible connection speed. With my TP-Link WDR-4300 "N750" router the max possible is 450. I get 300 Mbps connection when I park my laptop next to the router and the rest of the time I am at 120 to 150 Mbps. That tells me my WIFI card on my laptop is probably a 300 Mbps Max WIFI card. But I digress, in order to get that Max speed of 300 you have to make sure all your hardware can handle it. You can actually test all of this before you upgrade your speed just by testing your WIFI speed moving files from one of your internal computer (LAN) connected to your WIFI connected machine and look at the network status and transfer speeds. Thanks

[@danmanx2]

Ok, great video. So the only way I can increase my LAN wireless speed is to buy a gigabit router or hardwire connect my devices? My media server is wireless and wireless file transfers are literally locked at 2.0MBs/sec...10 megabits. I can't loop 30-50ft of cable through my house. (Women...) Actually, a switch no matter what should increase those speeds right? I think my router is just too overloaded....

[@richardlloydusa]

danmanx2 Wireless speed is dependent on many factors (proximity, interference & wireless technology on both ends) In the end the WIFI performance is only as good as the slowest link in the network. If you connect a 10 Mbps LAN connection to a N750 WIFI router (750 Mbps) you are only going to be able to transfer 10 Mbps data through the WIFI connection on that router because you can't output more data than you put in. You need to figure out where the bottlenecks in your network are and see if you can eliminate them by upgrading the equipment. You may take a look at these network adapters that use your power wall jacks to transfer data. They are called power LAN adapters. Here is an example at Amazon: amzn.to/1zmERPY Thanks.

[@torontomarlies0420]

Great video

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@barriewright2857]

NO THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOOD EXPLANATION, for the less non-technically savvy people like my self !. Know i now how to get more speed out of my home WI-FI system, then i hop i will not get the turning circle any-more or at least reduce the loading time.

[@raymacias1]

Nice video. I understand this is an older video, but I have a question: Can I plug my main router, with a patch cord, into an Ethernet wall socket, to extend my signal to a switch in my distro box. My main router is located in the family room and my patch panel/distro box is located in my garage. They are approx 30 ft apart. Any info you have is highly appreciated.

[@kishanpreston1533]

great video

[@richardlloydusa]

Thank you very much.

[@rgoodpa1]

Thank you.

[@richardlloydusa]

You are welcome.

[@Yartin]

I have a question; I get my connection from a cable modem which I have connected to that same router for a wireless connection. There is a 50 foot Ethernet from the router to my room, across the house, and into a single device. If I plug my end of the Ethernet wire into that switch, could I then have that going into multiple devices? Would that work, and would it work for all the devices at the same time?

[@richardlloydusa]

Yes it should work if I have understood you correctly. Make sure DHCP is enabled on the router.

[@MikeG-js1jt]

but remember, 100mbit ports on a router translates to an actual throughput of about 12 to 13 megabytes, so I have a 50mb down and 25 mb up connection to the net so getting a router with gig ports makes sense for me.

[@richardlloydusa]

+Mike Sloan For the current price of a 1Gbs router $59.99 TP-LINK TL-WDR4300 N750 Dual Band WIFI Router: amzn.to/1AkbD7H if you need the speed it very cheap to get it.

[@raulgirao1458]

Great video. Thanks a lot. My dns server will still be my router, right??

[@richardlloydusa]

Yes. The switch is a passive device.

[@raulgirao1458]

:-)

[@gentri80y]

Hello, Is it okay to use 2 switch hub? I mean from my modem (built in router), I will connect Ethernet 1 to switch hub 1, then Ethernet 2 to switch hub 2? I have 6 computers + 1 server. The reason why I am thinking of this connection is because of 'lag' problem to online games like crossfire, lol or dota when even 1 user is using youtube. Thanks.

[@richardlloydusa]

Yes you can hook it up this way but you are assuming that your bottleneck is in your home without actually testing it I can't really recommend it. I would unplug every computer in your house except for the computer you are online gaming on (Lan cable from the game computer to your modem/router). Then test and see if there is a significant speed increase. If you do get a large 20% or higher speed increase then you know something in your home network is causing the problem. If not then you know the problem is either your computer or your Internet connection. You can test for speed using www.speedtest.net to check what kind of internet speed you are getting on your game computer. Testing your speed at each step should tell you where your bottle neck is. Thanks.

[@otnuel5672]

Really helpful.... Gratias

[@TateA]

+Richard Lloyd My LAN is 5 Gbps and WiFi 750 Mbps. I run cat7 ethernet cable. It's fast enough now to keep up with 3 Macs and 2 Ubuntu servers. The fastest internet we can get is *675 Kbps* download and *300 Kbps* upload, we do a lot of local talk. We can send a 1 GB file to a server in 7 seconds.

[@richardlloydusa]

Tate A Cool. What kind of switch/router are you using?

[@TateA]

Richard Lloyd TP Link TL-WDR4300, The speed I got on the *a* gigabit port is about *1,280 Mbps*, one of my servers was not fast enough to test this so I had to connect the 2 servers thru a switch, and I had 2 Macs connected to the router. The 2 Macs upload a 26 to 31 GB files to the servers. Server 1 was doing 637 Mbps and server 2 643 Mbps off the 1 port on the router. I love TP Link, I used to get Linksys and NetGear, but I don't like the software on the newer ones. TP Link software looks like old school but is really good. It just works, 99.9% uptime, little to no reboots. *_Good video!_* Router: www.tp-link.us/products/details/cat-9_TL-WDR4300.html Switch: www.tp-link.us/products/details/cat-42_TL-SG105.html Cat7 Ethernet: www.ebay.com/bhp/cat-7-ethernet-cable

[@richardlloydusa]

Tate A That's great. I think the TP-Link routers are great too. I also use the WDR4300. Thanks

[@maacomputersictlearningcen8978]

Thanks a lot.

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Glad I could help. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@annar1966]

Could I use the Ethernet switch to split the connection from my modem between my computer and my wireless router? I want to connect directly from modem to desktop, but still have a connection between modem and wireless router for all my mobile devices. The reason for this is to improve internet speed on my desktop, because wireless connection reduces it greatly.

[@855325]

thanks it worked for me

[@richardlloydusa]

***** You are welcome. Glad I could help you. It's still working for me too. Thanks for watching.

[@djnoel45dalimbang95]

thank you for sharing

[@veliborzivic4471]

Very interesting.

[@richardlloydusa]

+Velibor Živić Thanks.

[@Joshua-xv2vz]

Hello I need your advice here. I have a gigabit router and when I run a speed test, the results are 30mpbs for download and 10mbps for upload. I connected my ADSL router to my Gigabit router to be used as an extender for my home network, the problem is when I run a speed test on my ADSL router I am getting 20mbps for download and 10mbps for upload. What could be the problem here? How can I solve this?

[@richardlloydusa]

Are you connecting to these devices with a CAT5E cable? Thanks.

[@angeloliveros1167]

Question - My apartment has 3-wall mount ethernet port and only one was activated by my provider and that one is where my router/modem is connected . How can activate the other two ports so I can move around the modem/router? Can I use an unmanaged network switch and connect it directly on the data panel in the closet?

[@tymitchell1335]

Thank you

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@antoniopennacchio8287]

good job cool video as well good job bro.

[@richardlloydusa]

+antonio pennacchio Thank you very much.

[@siempremetal4568]

thank u for informative video sir..

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Thanks for watching and the kind comment.

[@garthfarkley]

Maybe it's a dumb question but you need Gigabit cables between devices and switch, no?

[@richardlloydusa]

+Jimmy Jawbone If you want Gigabit speeds you will require at least CAT5E cables between the devices. Thanks.

[@chunkyloverMC]

i learned something. tanks

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. Thank you for watching, commenting and the kind words. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@1aNova485]

Insightful! I'm currently paying for 50mbs with 2 hard wired pc's, (all else is wireless) but am lucky to get 19/20mbps each time i run a speed test. Any suggestions, or would this be an acceptable option for me?

[@richardlloydusa]

Are you doing the test on the hardwired computers or the WIFI systems?

[@1aNova485]

ive ran tests on both of the hardwired pc's

[@richardlloydusa]

1aNova485 Can you hard wire a computer directly to your internet modem and test it directly?

[@1aNova485]

forgive my late reply... and yes i have hardwired my pc directly to the modem and ran the speed test which resulted at 49-51 mps as opposed to having the router and then both pc's which are then receiving barely 18-20 mbs... so that is why i am seeking ways to optimize my mps for both pc's

[@richardlloydusa]

1aNova485 Well we know that the problem exists between the computer and the modem. What type of router are you using?

[@Pablo513358]

Hello Friend, First of all great video! I am currently in the process of wiring my household so that every room has access to a physical Ethernet cable to connect to my internet. I would like to connect all 4 of my rooms to my router/modem but I will be limiting my port entries. I am pretty sure that this video is pretty much explaining the solution to my problem, but sense I am not really tech savvy I would just like to reassure this will work for me? I would also like to know if by connecting to a switch, will this decrease the internet speed to my other LAN connected devices? -again sorry if I am repeating what you explained in your video, but just double checking. ☺

[@richardlloydusa]

+Pablito87 If you need more ports than what your router currently has then yes this will solve that problem. Your internet speed is going to be determined by a few factors. First factor is how much bandwidth you are paying for from your Internet service provider (ISP). if you are paying for a 200mbps service your modem/router should be able to provide that to your network. Now understand that if 4 computers are downloading from the internet at the same time that bandwidth will be shared between them so take 200 / 4 = 50 mbps a piece. Your router will also be a factor here too. The faster the better. If your router only has 100mbps ports on it then that is the maximum throughput your network will get. So 100mbps /4 = 25 mbps per computer if they are all downloading at the same time. In networking you are only as fast as the slowest link between the client and server so you want to have fast equipment. I would make sure you have at least Cat5e cable (required for 1Gbps network speed) and that the router has 1Gbps ports on it. Make sure to buy a 1Gbps switch as well they are very cheap Here is a link to the Gigabit (1000 Mbps) Switch at Amazon: amzn.to/1kaPhdp Thanks

[@Pablo513358]

+Richard Lloyd thank you!

[@richardlloydusa]

+Pablito87 You are welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@gawa62]

Trying to stream 1080p through wired connection but keeps buffering.Would this solve my problems?

[@richardlloydusa]

If the buffering is being caused by a slow network it may solve the problem but I don't have enough information about your specific configuration to say for sure.

[@miguelferreira8253]

Every router works with those switches you've put in the description? Or do i have to buy a specific model/brand for my router ?

[@richardlloydusa]

The switches will work with any router.

[@1DJLNR]

nice video.. i am a lloyd richards!!

[@richardlloydusa]

+DJ LNR Thank you.

[@Visionery1]

Why do you still have a LAN port populated on the router? Shouldn't the router plug into the switch (which it does), and all PC LAN ports connect to the switch?

[@richardlloydusa]

It's a matter of personal choice (and maybe geographic as well) depending on where both devices are. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@spiritualfamilyministiries]

Nice

[@codylucente]

This is soooo wrong! The gigabit switch does not increase your speed when it has to pass through the 100 megabit router first, all it does is take a single megabit connection and break it up into other devices which now have to share a single 100 megabit connection the the router. if you want it to truly be faster you need to put the faster device first, so put the switch before the router so it goes gigabit before 100 megabit.and then and only then will you see that improved performance

[@richardlloydusa]

codylucente This video is about increasing Local Area Network (LAN) (home network) speed not increasing your (WAN) Wide Area Network (Internet) speed as well as increasing the number of ports available to your (LAN) network. 1 Gbps LAN speed is 10X faster than 100Mbps, that is a significant speed difference in you (LAN) speed. The switch I was talking about was an 8 port switch as well which will increase the number of ports on your (LAN) by 8. All the computers plugged into the the 1Gbps switch (LAN) will be talking to each other at 1Gbit 10X faster than they would have been talking to each other if they were plugged into a 100Mbps. They will still be communicating with the (WAN at the same speed as before but I never make a claim here about increasing (WAN) speed. (WAN) speed is determined by the speed of your (WAN) hardware (router/switch and modem). I am not claiming anywhere in this video that (WAN) speed will be increased, including the title and if you look at every comment in this comment section that I have made you will see that I have been true to that claim. Again( WAN)= Wide Area Network (Internet) (LAN)=Local Area Network (Computers in your local, home network) Thanks.

[@codylucente]

I see what your talking about. My confusion was WAN vs. LAN which you clearly stated. "You are correct" However since it is an 8 port hub why not leave everything connected to the switch and still plug the router into the free slot on the switch. And have nothing in the back of the router for increased WAN and LAN? Unless you are planing on using more than 6 devices? (1 for input, 1 for router, plus 6)

[@richardlloydusa]

codylucente That is what I suggest doing in the video at the 3:15 point. The only cable I should have plugged into the switch from the router should be the orange one (LAN). The yellow cord plugged into the router is actually the WAN cable going to the modem. The other yellow cord on the switch is going to a network computer. Now that you brought it to my attention I will make a note in the video. Thanks.

[@codylucente]

I seen that but what I meant was have the yellow go into the switch then the orange be the input to the router to that any wired connection can have faster than 100Mb to the outside world. This is more of a question really. I have 100Mbps internet connection through Shaw and I run a bit of a home media/gaming server (last month my room are downloaded 1.6 TB of movies and TV shows... Yes actually) so would what I'm saying produce an improved performance? All important PC's and network drives are wired only the laptop's are wireless

[@richardlloydusa]

codylucente It will improve the performance on the wired computers inside your network only. If you are moving data between two wired computers hooked up to the 1Gbps switch then it will be much faster than having them connected to a 100 Mbps switch. Of course the assumption here is that all the computers connected to the 1Gbps switch have 1Gps network cards too. If the computers you are attaching to the 1Gbps switch only have 100 Mbps Network Interface Cards (NIC)s then it wont make a difference on those machines. I use a wireless repeater in the to help cover the areas where the wireless signal is weak here is a video on how I made the repeater kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGishGmhnqajhcU I may now also make a video on how to use the repeater to optimize WIFI speed too. Thanks.

[@tonykhoo90]

The title is misleading. the router has nothing to do with LAN speed transmission. What you talk about is only the gigabit switch. Whether the switch connecting to router or not, it does not have any effect to the transmission speed. in simple words, you are just showing the capabilities that gigabit switch can do high speed transmission, thats it.

[@richardlloydusa]

Tony Khoo The title says,"Adding LAN Ports To Your Router And Increasing Your LAN Speed" If you have all the ports on the back of your router used up and you need more "LAN" (Local Area Network) ports this solution will provide that hence the "Adding LAN Ports To Your Router" portion of the title. In the title I also state that this solution will increase your "LAN" (Local Area Network) speed. If you plug a 1 Gigabit/S switch as described in the video your "LAN" (Local Area Network) performance will increase by a factor 10X. I make no claims in the title or elsewhere about "WAN" (Wide Area Network "Internet") speed increases. I also make no claims about the router having anything to do with "LAN" (Local Area Network) speeds. So I don't understand where the title or video is misleading in anyway. Thank you very much.

[@tonykhoo90]

your knowledge in the video is not misleading. i am referring the title. if i am the only one talk about this, then fine. but see your comment below. don't you think what make them comment like that? lol. anyway, just want to point out about the title, it's up to you whether to change it.

[@richardlloydusa]

Tony Khoo Maybe I am not understanding you. Because again I can not see where the title is misleading? Did my explanation not address every part of the title and all it's meaning? If you could please explain to me where it is misleading I would gladly change it. Thanks again.

[@Phjghh]

Isn't it possible to add more LAN ports by connecting ethernet switch directly to network port on the back up computer system unit? Is router must?

[@baladanyc5944]

hi richard i have a netgear n600 modem/router dual band, there are two ethernet ports in the back. All of a sudden one of the ports stopped working after 2 months One is to my home security system and the other to my home security cameras. Instead of buying a new modem/router combo, do you suggest i buy a switch to connect to the port that is working or buy a whole new unit? thank you

[@richardlloydusa]

+nitro balada I would buy the Gigabit (1000 Mbps) Switch at Amazon: amzn.to/1kaPhdp I know it's a 10 port switch but the price difference between the 5 port and 10 is $2 and it will give you many extra ports for other devices if you need them or some redundancy in case you blow another port. I am sure it will be more than fast enough for your application. Thanks.

[@Impulse_Photography]

Even with Cable, I have a 100Mb connection. That's what I am paying for. However, that is not ... I repeat that is NOT the actual speed of my data. I used some tools I have to clock my actual speed and I get at its best 72Mb. Most of us are about the same - - we are not getting transfer rates to the public internet like we assume we are .....

[@SceneFailsss]

i have one question will this increase my online gaming experience( xbox 360) ?i have a cat 7 wire which transfer gigabit speeds, would this really boost my hardline signal receptors. Because i really dont feel my router doing the job, i got 34 upload and 5.54 download, im trying to look for a good setup, i have Motorola sb6141 running cat 7 to my d link dir 655 extreme router, would tthis significantly improve my connection for hardline gaming?

[@richardlloydusa]

Sounds like your internet speed is not too quick. You can connect a computer directly to your modem using a network cable and do the speed test again. If it gets significantly faster then the problem is not your internet speed. Then you need to trouble shoot your network. The router is a Gigabit so that is 180 times faster than your internet speed. So I doubt your router is the issue. Many times I see bandwidth leaches on networks too (Computers or devices that are using network bandwidth without you knowing it). Turn off all other devices connected to your network and try the speed test again. If it improves you know something on your network is eating up your bandwidth. Try these tips form MS too. support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/networking/network-settings

[@Budro4764]

Great video Mon Ami ~!~! I have a question I have Charter spectrum which is supposed to be the fastest internet bar none so says ~!~! I have a router that can handle 2.4 GHz I want to add 1 more desk top PC to the router. Is that sufficient ? I will only have 2 desk top PC's on that router total. I don't think I need the 1 gig switch with my set up correct ?? I only need a 20 foot or so ethernet cable if I'm not mistaken. I'm not that computer savy but I know a whole but load about growing SUPERHOT peppers LOL I grow that for a living so if you need info or seeds let the Pepper Man know LOL !~!~!

[@richardlloydusa]

Most routers that Internet providers supply have four LAN ports so you should two free ports to plug into so you should not need a switch at all. The Ethernet cable can be any length you require up to a maximum of 328 feet (100meters) so if 20 feet does the job for you that is fine too. Make sure it's at least a CAT5Ecable, I recommend a CAT6 cable. Here is one at Amazon: amzn.to/2h4VxfS If you have one already note that CAT5E and CAT6 cables are marked on the wire it's self. You should see printing on the cable that says CAT5E or CAT6. This is important because a CAT5 cable the older standard will not transmit more than 155 Mbps whereas the CAT5E cable will do 1 Gps or 1000 Mbp and CAT6 does 10Gbps. Basically if CAT5E or CAT6 is not printed on the cable then you are probably looking at CAT5 cable and you should spend the $8.00 for the CAT6 cable. In networking you are only as fast as your slowest link. I have seen networks with 1Gbps hardware (routers and switches) running as slow as a 100mbps because they were wired with the old standard CAT5 wire. Basically someone came in, upgraded the routers and switches and used the old CAT5 cable that was already installed. I am guessing that your router is a 1Gigabit router, most newer routers from Internet providers are that's why I am advising you to get the faster wire. BTW I love hot peppers and spicy food. Fortunately I live in Texas where you can get that just about anywhere as well as some really good BBQ. Are you a farmer? All the best.

[@Budro4764]

I am not a farmer as acreage goes, but I do grow 20 to 60 plants of the top 5 hottest in the world peppers. I am not far from you as i am in southwest Louisiana near Crowley.

[@richardlloydusa]

Excellent, I have grown Joker peppers and they were delicious and yielded quite a few peppers per plant. I dried the peppers and replanted the seeds to the same success again. You reminded that I vacuum sealed a bunch that I can replant again. Do you grow them for fun or profit? They are probably the most satisfying potted plant I have ever grown. At least you get something for your efforts. Thanks.

[@Budro4764]

I grow for a seed company. I'll swap some super hots for some of those Jokers if you want to. ~!~!

[@bobbyjones8938]

good explainer

[@richardlloydusa]

Thank you very much.

[@nasibulalamhimel]

if my net speed is over 100mbit, can we add isp internet cable into Switch then add it to the router? will that get internet to other ports of the Switch and get maximum net speed? why don't you add internet cable into Switch?

[@jessieray1000]

Hello, I need your help need to know. I bought 1gigb switch hub 8 ports from Amazon shopping online. but why only set 100mbps in switch hub 1gib how to fix set up to 1gigb? sorry for bad English low grammar.

[@richardlloydusa]

First of all make SURE SURE SURE you have a 1Gbps switch/hub. Next make sure you are using at the bare minimum Cat5 network cables (I recommend Cat5E cables). If you are dealing with a 100 mbps switch nothing you do will make it run at 1Gbps. 1Gbps switches are auto negotiating meaning that they negotiate the best speed possible with whatever device you are connecting to them. So if you are connecting a 100 Mbps device to the 1Gbps switch the switch will negotiate a connection with that the device at 100 Mbps at which point you will not be able to get anymore speed out of the switch from that device that 100 Mbps even if you connect to the switch with another 1 Gbps network device you can not get any more speed than 100 Mbps from the originating device. In networking you are only as fast as the slowest connection between you and the end device. Thanks.

[@jessieray1000]

I not sure it's right of switch hub TP link 8 ports 1 Gigabit or upgrade to wired ethernet cat5e I think I have one already plugged in from modem wifi to switch hub already but I not sure how it's work set number 8 port in switch hub for 1Gigabit? I have Internet 150 Mbps and now it's about 100mbps under and I do use wired ethernet cat5e from modem wifi to my PC for really high speed about 160mbps less.

[@jessieray1000]

www.amazon.com/dp/B001EVGIYG/ref=twister_B01DJXRKZM?_encoding=UTF8&th=1 I just bought it about a few months ago it's wrong kind or right?

[@therealcdnuser]

I have a router with an uplink port and a switch without. Not sure when i would need to use a cross over cable.

[@richardlloydusa]

Most switches auto negotiate the connection. Try connecting any LAN cable you have and see what happens. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@therealcdnuser]

Richard Lloyd thanks Richard much appreciated.

[@bbqseitan7106]

You shouldnt have to, crossovers are for like device communications. Rtr-rtr. SW-SW. Mdm-Mdm

[@luisnavarro4930]

Can you add a switch to each of the ports of a router and use them all at a The same time?

[@DaGratest816]

Question, i have Time warner cable it comes with a router of course, i have a new build home so all my rooms have ethernet ports in them, but i need to get an ethernet switch to make that happen since they all wont fit in the router. my router is in the living room coming in from thw twc outside attached to my house, what i want to know is can i hook my ethernet switch with a cord to the living room attach it to the router and then that open up all the other ports on the switch? or does my router have to move to my basement :(?

[@richardlloydusa]

Here is my recommended router at Amazon: TP-LINK 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch (TL-SG1016) amzn.to/2bBwRG5 The location is not all that important as long as the cable you use is CAT5E or better. You can run a cable from the router to the switch where ever it is as long as it is less than 100 meters (328 feet). Once you connect the switch to the router LAN port with the cable it will share the data it gets from that port with with all the ports on the switch. I strongly recommend that you get the Gigabit Switch not the 10/100 switch. Thanks.

[@SushGS2]

Thanks for the video. I have doubts in mind though. I have heard that adding an unmanaged gigabit switch to the router in this way (as shown in the video) will not increase the speed of lan as the data from one pc to another pc (on the lan and both connected to the gigabit switch directly) will have to anyways go through the router (to be routed) and this will create a bottleneck at 100mbps. This won't happen with a managed (and so called intelligent switch) though. Is this true. Please advice.

[@richardlloydusa]

The router will not slow the speed of the switch down regardless of whether it is managed or not. Data passes directly between the network devices. If both computers are connected to the 1 Gb switch all the data between them will transfer at 1Gb. But if one of the computers is hooked up to the 100Mb router and the other is connected to the 1Gb the data will flow at a max 100Mbps Data leaving the network to the internet will be bottle necked at 100Mbps because that data has to go through the router and then through your modem. There are 300Mbs + modems available but if you hook a 100Mbps router to it you will only get 100Mbps internet speed. A managed switch allows to control it's functions (port speeds, VLANS etc.) a non managed switch just moves data. I can get highly technical here (The 7 Layers of the OSI Model) www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/OSI_Layers.asp but the bottom line is that the 100Mbps router will not slow the data traffic going between two nodes on the 1Gbps switch. Thanks.

[@LifeOnHoth]

SushGS2 Think of it like this: A switch is used for directing traffic between network devices that is connected to it - it may be computers, printers, other switches, accesspoints and what not. A router is a device used to establish correct communication between different networks. Like between your local network with all your stuff connected to it and the internet. Your switch can't do that. There are switches with routing capabilites, but these are not the ones you go buy off the shelfes at the local computer store :) Hope that helps you understand the difference between router and switch. It may be confusing to get at first glance, because most routers also has a switch built in - so most of your standard routers out there is actually a router WITH a switch where you got one port that connects to one side (typically the internet) and on the other side of the router, you got typically around 3-5 ports (this is your switch connected to the router :)). A simple router will actually have only 2 ports. One for connecting to the internet and one for connecting to the local network. So basically, in a single network - when it comes to your concern, it is not the case. If you say, copy data from one PC to another on the network, it does not matter if the switch is managed or un-managed - that data will never hit the router in any case. The only need you have for the router is to communicate with internet. And if your internet speed is below 100mbit/s up/down, the router's port does not need to be faster than that. Then there's the matter of VLAN (not to be confused with WLAN - wifi). If you have a managed switch, you can make things a bit more difficult :). You can say that for example port 1-8 on that switch is gonna be VLAN10 and port 9-16 is gonna be VLAN20. This basically acts as two separate networks within the same switch, and they cannot communicate with eachother. So if you plug a computer into port 5, this can't talk to a computer plugged into port 12. It will act as if you had two physical switches not connected to eachother - it's just that it does this within the software of the switch rather than with hardware. You can use the router to communicate between VLANs - but this is a completely other story (and may not hook up in a physical way you expect it to either when first considering it) so I'm not going more into that. So to conclude, your concern is both valid and invalid. mostly invalid :P - yes, in certain setups you may use the router to route between networks that you got in your house if using managed (smarter) switches. But this aint the case with your setup if you actually have to ask the question. Most likely you have one physical network where everything is on the same network. No VLANs, so there will be no unnessecary communication involving the router. Only when you go online :). Yeah I know - this is a bit clumsy explaination, but that's the best I could do not being a teacher or anything close to it, at the same time trying to make it understandable :P. Hope this helps :).

[@SushGS2]

Life on Hoth thanks for the detailed explanation. It's not clumsy at all. Though Roth had made it clear that the data won't flow through the router when talking from one pc to another, you have explained where this will not apply (vlans). And yes you are right I don't have vlans mine is a simple soho network so a gigabit switch with 100mpbs router is the way for me to increase lan speed. You have made my understanding of networking a lot better and have cleared all my doubts. You rock :).

[@richardlloydusa]

SushGS2 Thanks all for the detailed and interesting discussion.

[@remynisce33]

I have a Hard drive connected to an Asus router. My laptop and phone can access the hardrive via router's usb. The disadvantage of this, is the file transfer is too slow when moving/copying large file size via wifi. Which led me to use the Lan cable for the laptop, the problem is, there isn't much difference of speed compared to the wifi connection, and i'm frustrated to see a 430mb file from laptop to hdd took 6min+ to complete the transfer. (Wifi connection already disconnected, so im sure the transfer took place on Lan cable).

[@richardlloydusa]

+remynisce33 You are getting 71.6 MB/sec which is fair for an external drive. Remember that speed also depends on what you are moving the data to. If the laptop can't accept more than 71.6 MB/sec then the external can not supply it any faster. I have a few videos in which I test external drives. They might shed some light on your problem. Here they are kzbin.info/www/bejne/p56ld2mGbah3e7c and kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKWbe5x5bbR3p5I Thanks

[@christofer128]

I have a question for you....i don't no if i am correct but check it and correct me if i'm wrong.We know that the router decides and sets the IP to each device lets say PC one has 192.168.1.2 and PC two has 192.168.1.3.So whenever the two computers are trying to connect locally and share something aren't the data going first from the router?Do the switches bypass the router and give directly from PC to PC?Isn't it in more advance networks (manageable switches with multi-casting etc?)

[@richardlloydusa]

+christofer128 The IP addresses are given to the PC's by the router but the data takes the shortest path available. If two computers are attached at the switch then those two computers will be communicating with each other only through the switch. Thanks.

[@christofer128]

+Richard Lloyd maybe in a layer 3 switch?

[@richardlloydusa]

+christofer128 Layer 3 switches are a totally different animal than these simple layer 2 devices. Layer 3 switches are configurable and managed devices these switches are layer 2 unmanaged devices. They just plug and play. Thank.

[@allsportsexpert]

Get a gigabit router, maybe someday soon you can upgrade to faster internet besides faster LAN speed.

[@richardlloydusa]

I have since done that. This video was made a while back and technology has moved forward and of course become much cheaper. I may do an updated video on the same subject. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.

[@aight365]

Big facts

[@benteuno6666]

Sir one question? It is possible to connect my switch directly to my modem? what is the advantage of having router?

[@richardlloydusa]

Good question. Usually Modems only hand out one IP address or very few at best. This limits the amount of machines you can surf with to the number of IP addresses the modem hands out. The router takes a single IP address and applies Network address translation (NAT) or it ''NATs' it. This converts the public IP address to a private IP address network that can handle up to 254 IP addresses and thus up to 254 devices. Most routers also now have WIFI built in and a firewall for protection of the clients who connect to it. Some new modems are now modem/router combos which are both a modem and a router. In this case you don't need another router. You could just plug a switch directly to it. Thanks for watching.

[@TEAMPHHrollsUSD]

Richard Lloyd Thank you.

[@richardlloydusa]

Frank UHMW You are welcome.

[@parrotkabbarrot]

Hi, what if I'm using two or more cables, will it increase the speed between router-switch when there are multiple network activities? For example, 6 laptops connected to a wireless router, 5 desktops connected to the switch, and everyone doing file exchange at the same time.

[@richardlloydusa]

I think you are referring to Link Aggregation en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_aggregation which I don't think a standard home router or switch are capable of. Understand that only one network cable is going to go each device. The rule in networking is you are only as fast as your slowest link. In this configuration the optimal set up is hard wire all your computers to the 1GB switch. Wireless connected computers are limited by WIFI speed so that will be the bottle neck. The switch will have a internal maximum throughput but this is not even listed for these simple switches. You probably require a more advanced router to get the Link Aggregation feature. See this article www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-howto/30556-how-to-set-up-switch-link-aggregation Here is an L2 Tp-Link switch that supports 802.3ad Link Aggregation. It's a 10 port switch. Understand that it requires another Device that supports 802.3ad Link Aggregation amzn.to/1rdB7hC

[@parrotkabbarrot]

Richard Lloyd Exactly! I've heard the term link aggregation before, but haven't figured it out what it was. Thanks for pointing it out! I'm planning to switch to wired network. Since we have concrete walls here, wi-fi signals doesn't work very well. I think I'll go for a simple switch like yours, as managed switch is a bit overkill for me.

[@richardlloydusa]

Parrot Kabbarrot Thanks for asking. I am going to test a pair of TP-LINK TL-PA4010KIT AV500 Nano Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, up to 500Mbps amzn.to/1uywpLn to see if they are a good fit for poor WIFI environments. Thanks for the question as it helped me learn a bit more about Link Aggregation and for watching.

[@parrotkabbarrot]

Richard Lloyd Nice! :-)

[@joeycalubaquib8516]

Hi Sir Richard i always red ur word bout routers and switch dat needed cat5e, Y sir is it necesarily to used cat5e from dat gigabit switch? How bout cat6? Wats d right ethernet cable to used in gigabit? Or i mean wats d difrence of cat5e and cat6? When do we used cat5e/cat6? Hope u reply.tnx boss.

[@richardlloydusa]

Cat 5e or better is recommended for gigabit Ethernet speeds. I would recommend Cat 6 as it is the better choice between the two and well worth the moderate extra cost. Thank you for watching and commenting. I appreciate it greatly. All the best.👍😀

[@YesYou123333]

Is there any advantage to connecting all you networked computers to a switch and then connecting that switch to a router rather than connecting all the computers directly to a router.

[@richardlloydusa]

YesYou123333 It depends on the speed of your router, switch and and the network interface controllers. For example if your switch is a 100 Mbps and your router is a 1Gbps Router it would benefit you to connect all your computers to the router but only if all your network interface controllers are 1Gbps. In networking you are only as fast as the slowest connection between you and the source or destination you are sending or receiving data from.

[@YesYou123333]

Richard Lloyd If the speed of all the hardware is 1Gbps is there an advantage to putting the switch between the computers and the router? I was thinking that the file transfers between the computers on the network would be faster if the data went through a switch rather than a router but I'm not sure.

[@richardlloydusa]

YesYou123333 Again it depends. Switches and routers/switches have a maximum internal speed capacity (backbound bandwidth). For example a good budget router like this TP-LINK TL-SG1005D amzn.to/1KBU5ZC has total backbound bandwidth of 10 Gbps so no matter what you try to pump through it the most it will handle is 10 Gbps (not bad for a $14.99 switch) but if you spend a little extra you can get a TP-LINK TL-SG1016D amzn.to/1eqkOMj which has 32 Gbps backbound bandwidth and 16 ports (Amazing at $53.00). I doubt very much that your router has a backbound bandwidth of 32 Gbps or even 10 Gbps but it may. So the higher the capacity of the switch the more data you can move through it. Remember also that your router has a CPU that may be busy doing other tasks as well (Nat, qos, dhcp, routing, wifi, bandwidth monitoring, firewall etc.) whereas the dedicated switch's CPU will only be doing one thing, moving packets. Thanks.

[@TechPorkChop]

Most routers have 3 to 4 Lan ports. For example: I have 2 printers, 2 Network attached storage, 1 server, 1 desktop, 2 laptops, 2 network power strip, 1 raspberryPi, 2 playstations. That's 13 devices with physical connections. I have them all connected to a 24 port switch. PS3s only have wireless G, so I use Ethernet instead.

[@richardlloydusa]

TechPorkChop That's great. What's the backbound bandwidth of your switch? Thanks

[@echoRohit]

fantastic

[@richardlloydusa]

+ROHIT SHARMA Thank you.

[@nikssurana6456]

Is it possible to connect the 8 port switch to another router??

[@nithinkb93]

Can somebody tell me why there are four lan ports in router. I dont know what is that for? Please tell me.

[@ibear5594]

I have a network with 2 old routers acting as AP for extended wifi--can I hook a switch to one of these routers for adding LAN ports to that router's switch? I tried hooking it lan port to lan (non uplink) on the switch and the switch devices were not detected by the main router, only the ap it was connected to. I couldn't access a shared printer on this switch by a wired pc into my main router. Removing the switch and jacking into the old router (AP)'s port direct with the printer fixed it, but I want to add a switch to that router.

[@rupindersingh7821]

esay way to understand the relation a simple lan caple nd router

[@richardlloydusa]

Thank you.

[@rupindersingh7821]

ur welcome bro

[@3mariusss]

lets say I have a gigabit router and it is plugged into the switch. Also, I have 4 cables going to 4 computers. Will that decrease the internet speed to 250MB per computer? thanks :)

[@3mariusss]

by the way - nice video :)

[@richardlloydusa]

+LemmeRocK Thanks.

[@richardlloydusa]

+LemmeRocK If they are all downloading at 250Mbps from the Internet at the same time and you have a 1 Mbps connection to the internet, yes that will happen. They will always share the available load. Thanks.

[@3mariusss]

okay man thanks a lot :) +1 like +1 sub

[@richardlloydusa]

+LemmeRocK Thank you very much.

[@YortchMTB]

I have the same switch, it was working just fine last week but I powered it on today and it has static green lights, is it dead already? I've already disconnect the power source

[@richardlloydusa]

Unfortunately sometime they go south. I zapped one of mine with a static discharge from my finger and that was the last time it worked. Also power surges can do it too. Can you send it back for warranty? Have you tried another compatible power supply? Thanks.

[@YortchMTB]

Richard Lloyd I don't know what happened, but one day after I tried again and all the lights were static green but it was actually working, my network was fine and the 3 ports I'm using were flashing, a few hours later the lights on the ports not being used came back to normal (no green)

[@richardlloydusa]

That's amazing. Electronic equipment does not generally heal after it malfunctions. Great to hear though. Thanks and all the best.

[@Fl0ydGay]

Hi Richard, I a have a question. I have 2 switches gigabit TENDA 24ports and TPlink 16ports there is no signal when I connect these switches, no light at all. I am doing it as extension. It is worked if I insert it to router.. Now in my router there are two switches. Do you know the problem why there is no response if they are connected?

[@richardlloydusa]

Do you have the correct power supplies for both these devices? Thanks

[@Fl0ydGay]

Hi Richard, thank you to your reply. Yes Richard I had correct power supplies. There is a power, the problem is if I connect my TPlink Switch to my Tenda Switch there is no signal in my TPlink Switches from Tenda Switches. The power is on and all the computer are healthy connected on my TPlink. There is no internet connection because my Tenda is connected to Router. What I've done is connect directly my Tplink switch to router and it's worked. Why two switches is not possible to connect? Is it because of the brand? Do you encounter this kind of situation? Thanks

[@richardlloydusa]

It could be a cable problem. Switch the cables and see what happens. Thanks

[@rygelpaz321123]

will the latency of the network be affected?

[@richardlloydusa]

+ADZ paz Yes. Network latency is affected by any network device you add. The faster the device the better but your network will only be as fast as the slowest component between two communicating devices. Thanks

[@Wedkog]

I bought a 10/100 mbps switch today. I have a 100mbps connection via fiber to my router, and via my router to my computer I get 97mpbs. I was wondering, is it better to get 1gbps switch instead and do like you? Does it really make any difference? I get 97mbps straight out of the fiber outlet or how you say. If a LAN-cable is connected from it to my computer. Is it better because I won't get anywhere near a 100mbps out of the switch anyways, so that I will highen the limit? And because a 1 gbps is faster, I will more likely get near 100mbps? Can't I plug the switch straight into the fiber outlet instead, the 10/100 and then get what I need.. Not that I want to do that, just a thought. Many thoughts, hope someone understand, and will reply :)

[@richardlloydusa]

I would go with the 1Gbps at this point. Technology moves forward at very fast pace as you can see by your fibre connection to your home. At this point the 10/100 mbps switch has become obsolete, though it is still useful if you have one. Here is a TP-Link 5-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch (TL-SG1005D) at Amazon: amzn.to/2jRnC8r it's $18.55 you can save yourself $8.56 and get a Monoprice 5-Port 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Switch (115760) At Amazon: amzn.to/2jRm3qP for $9.99 but you do so at the cost of loosing a 10 times speed increase in your internal network speed. Also in the near future you are going to want to go to 200 mbps or higher with your fibre at which point you will have to buy 1 gbps switch anyway because otherwise you will be wasting your money on the Internet upgrade. Then you will also have a 10/100 switch you will probably not use any longer. Yes you can plug your switch into the fibre outlet if has an RJ45 Ethernet port but it will not serve any real purpose as the fibre port will only give out one IP address and therefore only one device will be able to connect to the internet without a NAT router. The fibre is really meant to be plugged into a router (preferably in this case a 1 Gbps router) so you can share it out to many computers at once. Having the 1 Gbps router will also allow you to upgrade the Internet service in the future. The rule of thumb as far as your networking goes is that you are only as fast as the slowest connection between two network nodes. In your case (currently) no computer on your home network will be able to surf the Internet quicker than 100 Mbps regardless of using either a 10/100 Mbps switch and router or a 1 Gbps switch and router as the slowest link there is your 100 Mbps fibre link. Thanks.

[@Wedkog]

Okay, then I understand. Thanks so much for such an informative answer! Maybe I will get an gigabit switch instead, I understand that it is more future-proof, but on the other hand, when will I get a higher speed than 100 mbps(?) It may take years, and then the switch will be thrash anyways. But I get your point, and maybe it is worth it and it may last a long time. And thank you so extremely much for suggestions of switches too! I have no words, thanks so much! I will think about it, but I may get a Netgear GS308, seems like a great budget choice, and probably sturdy quality too. I really enjoy learning new things, and you surely taught me some. I have an 100mbps router believe, provided with my company I rent my internet. But as I understand, I can use a gig switch anyways, so maybe I'll have a go with that. Thank you! Take care!

[@richardlloydusa]

You are most welcome. I bought all my own equipment so I would not have to "rent" the modem for $10 a month for ever. The modem cost me $80 so it pays for it's self in less than a year. Here is my video on that too kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4fFqqp8l7h1ptE though it applies to Time Warner as an Internet provider most Internet providers allow you to buy your own but call your provider to make sure and also ask if they have a list of compatible modems if you are going to do it so you get the correct hardware. Thanks and all the best.

[@sammymorini9748]

Take an old pc, add a gigabit ethernet card (ensure the motherboard has onboard ethernet, gigabit capability preferred) and install pfsense, problem solved :P upgrades to your router can be done in the future if needed :D

[@richardlloydusa]

I have used an old computer and smoothwall.org too. Thanks.

[@jasonlee3247]

Sammy Morini yeh, lets use far more energy than we need to