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Old 11-29-2009, 05:57 PM   #4
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Presumably another benefit of a switch like that would be that my two main PCs, both of which have Gigabit network adaptors, could talk to each other at full speed, and the connection from the hub to the router (which only supports 10/100 Mbit) would happily run at 100Mbit for internet access? At present, using the router, the whole network is running at 100Mbit.
Yes, exactly. If you have gigabit capable machines, do get a gigabit switch - it will make file transfers a lot faster.

I have a Netgear 4-port gigabit switch, and a Pluscom 24-port gigabit switch. I've been pleased with both.
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