<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:37 PM, Garry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:garbuck@westnet.com.au" target="_blank">garbuck@westnet.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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If you have a 10/100/1000 mb switch and one of the devices is a slower speed, does that slow the whole thing down?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Nope, all switches support devices of different speeds. Cheap switches typically do not have enough internal bandwidth for the aggregate throughput of all the ports operating at maximum line rate, but that's rarely a problem.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
I have an AP which dates way back to pre "N" sharing ADSL, but within my local network I'd like to be running a LOT faster.. I'm sticking with that AP as it has a SMA connector I connect to a 180 degree waveguide antenna. The AP is certainly fast enough to share the < 10Mb ADSL.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The ubiquitous all-in-one AP/router/firewall/modem devices are cheap and popular, but they often suck in one way or another. </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
FWIW I don't know about level 2 vs level 3 protocols (saw that while trying to work it out) if that gives an idea of my knowledge..<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In consumer devices, layer 2 typically refers to Ethernet and layer 3 refers to IP. A layer 2 device is called a switch (it connects all devices in your network) and a layer 3 device is called a router (it connects your network to another network).</div><div><br></div><div>More sophisticated products perform layer 2 switching (based on MAC addresses), layer 3 routing (based on IP addresses) and various other tasks in one box, but I think you'd know if you needed one of those, because they often come with expensive, Cisco-certified people in tow.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>a.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>