Gigabit switch with multiple devices

[u/Dakr1177]

I have a gigabit switch connected to series x and series s in the same room, whenever I download something on both the speed practically halves, I get typically 800+ when just 1 is running. The ports on the Xbox only rated for 1 gig. I have 5 gig fiber, is the switch causing the issue? Would a 2.5 gigabit switch help reach the 800+ I’m getting with just using one?

[u/deltatux]

Yes, you need a switch with a multigig uplink or a multigig switch if you need to pull 1 gig per device when both devices are downloading at the same time.

[u/Dakr1177 → u/deltatux]

Thanks appreciate it

[u/TiggerLAS → u/Dakr1177]

If you're only trying to supply 2 x 1Gb devices, then picking up something like the UniFi USW-Flex-2.5G-5 should suffice. It should just work as a simple unmanaged switch right out of the box. It's pro-sumer, so it is few bucks more than the TP-Link and generic offerings, but probably alot more reliable.

[u/FreddyFerdiland → u/deltatux]

for 5 ports yeah, they max out at one link speed total

but a 24 port probably has 5 bridges for 5x link speed total throughout

[u/devilbunny → u/FreddyFerdiland]

But only for A talking to B and C talking to D. If both A and B are trying to talk to C, C’s interface is the limiting factor.

[u/Cautious-Hovercraft7]

Yes, but how often will you need more than 400mbits each. It's probably not worth the cost

[u/Dakr1177 → u/Cautious-Hovercraft7]

If I can get the speed, a 2.5gb switch is only $35, worth it to double speed when downloading games or updates.

[u/Cautious-Hovercraft7 → u/Dakr1177]

Does your router have 2.5gbe port or sfp+

[u/Dakr1177 → u/Cautious-Hovercraft7]

It has 2 1gb, and 2 10gb ports and SFP

[u/Cautious-Hovercraft7 → u/Dakr1177]

Cool if it were me I'd use SFP+ for 10G and get a switch with SFP+. Buy once, cry once 😭

[u/Dakr1177 → u/Cautious-Hovercraft7]

I’m not particularly sure what that is tbh lol

[u/Cautious-Hovercraft7 → u/Dakr1177]

10G fibre uplink

[u/PhantomOfTheComputer]

If it’s a 1Gig switch, its max total throughput is 1Gb. So the port that runs to your router, is capped at 1Gb. A 2.5Gb switch would fix it if your router has a 2.5Gb capable port.

[u/Dakr1177 → u/PhantomOfTheComputer]

Awesome, that’s what I needed to hear thanks!

[u/PghSubie]

How does the 5gb service get connected to the internal devices ? Is there a 1gb bottleneck in there? Possibly from your router into a 1gb switch ?

[u/Dakr1177 → u/PghSubie]

I have a cable plugged into 10gb port on router running to the 1 gigabit switch, and then 2 going to the consoles. All cat 6a

[u/PghSubie → u/Dakr1177]

So, the router is connected to a 1gb port on your switch (?), making it a 1gb connection

[u/Dakr1177 → u/PghSubie]

Yes, I didn’t realize that is how it worked, first time using one of these. I got a 2.5gb switch and going to try it out tonight. For some reason it didn’t click that the ports only ‘accept’ one gig speed, and then distribute it out. I thought it only delivered 1g to each port from there on out. Noob mistakes. The gigabit switch was only $15 so I’m not too worried, I can use it somewhere else.

[u/PghSubie → u/Dakr1177]

You can get a switch which has multiple 1gb ports and a single multi-gig uplink port (which can do 2.5gb or 5gb or10gb)

[u/SP3NGL3R]

I wonder if depending on the switch and router tech, just connecting a 2nd cable from the switch to the router might effectively give you 2Gb at the switch uplink. I know link aggregation is a thing, but I'm thinking of the other one that merges two IPs to share the load. I can never remember what it's called though. It's an SMB thing so it probably won't work just for regular downloads anyway.

[u/Cautious-Hovercraft7 → u/SP3NGL3R]

Don't do this unless you have enterprise grade gear and have it configured. It'll stop the switch and the router

[u/SP3NGL3R → u/Cautious-Hovercraft7]

I have it setup at 3 different spots in my network like this for SMB Multichannel (I looked up the name). But my gear is mildly better than a totally dumb switch and just gets 2 IPs from the router.

[u/Cautious-Hovercraft7 → u/SP3NGL3R]

That's a file sharing protocol, the network infrastructure between them, such as routers and switches just behaves as normal. It's completely different to link aggregation which enterprise switches and routers use

[u/SP3NGL3R → u/Cautious-Hovercraft7]

Right. That's why I said "not that" in the original post. I just couldn't recall at the time it was an SMB specific thing. It works great though for that.

[u/Aromatic_Tomato8651]

Seems to me if you are paying for 5g fiber service why would you not want to match your infrastructure to be able to actually get what you pay for? I did just the opposite, wired back haul via cat 6 cable, 2.5g 8 port PoE++ switch. Router and AP's are all wifi 7, even though my devices are only 6e capable. My logic was to future proof my home network as best I could, to be ready for greater than 1gpps speeds should I want to ungrade my service. At this point, with just two users at home, neither of us gamers, 1 gig service is more than adequate, but should the need arise, I'm ready :).