Need help with network layout all members please read!!

[DriftWolf]

Hello!
I need some help with a network. I want to use this or something like this http://www.linksys.com/products/prod...cid=42&prid=52 But how do I get internet on this network without sacrificing the gigabit speed? I'm not rich so please don't refer me to huge expensive cisco server, but I'm not against a cisco product

[bailey]

the interconnectivity of the network is less than the internet connection speed, if you have a broadband connection going into a broadband modem, the top speed possible will be about 10 megibits, this can be fed into a router that is a 10/100/gigibite connection which in turn would feed each computer on the network respectiy to the nic of each computer.
each computer will talk to each other at there respected speed, but the internet will still be the same,

I think I worded this right

[DriftWolf]

Thank you for repling. I'am sorry, I don't think I made myself clear. I want to have a 10/100/1000 switch but I'm not sure how to effiently incorpertate a shared internet connection over that same network.

[bailey]

there is nothing to it as long as you have a 10/100/1000 router and same speed nic's in each computer on the networkthe router will have the switch built in it.

[DriftWolf]

Right. Can you refer me to a 10/100/1000 router? Preferably an cisco or a linksys, but I'm game for anything. I'm aware that this switch is not a router, but is there something like it that is. http://www.linksys.com/products/prod...id=42&prid=529

[bailey]

youmight try a google search for a gigabite router, but I think you will find that they are for fiber/optic connections and will be priced more that you might want to spend, like 1-2 grand

[DriftWolf]

Yeah. That brings me back to why I started this thread. How can I efficiently share an internet connection over a 10/100/1000 switch like http://www.linksys.com/products/prod...id=42&prid=529

[mbossman2]

most routers that I have seen with integrated switches have 10/100 ports only as the overall performance of WAN connections is significantly less than your WAN connection speed. Cisco has a couple of "low end" routers with 1000mbps ports and modules to add switch ports to routers:

the 1st Cisco router like this is the Cisco 2821 (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5880/index.html). it has 2 built in 10/100/1000 ethernet ports plus a bunch of other slots for WAN and switch modules. at this time, however, there are no multi-gigabit port switch modules available for this family of routers, so you would have to use on off router 10/100/1000 gigabit switch for gigabit on your LAN.

This router may be a little bit out of your price range (List price = $3895 + the WAN interface module for your specific type of internet line). The reason for the high price is that this router ships with built in commerical grade firewall, PVDM modules (for digitizing analog voice traffic), hardware accelerated VPN modules, significantly more memory than a consumer level (or low end commercial user) will use in the next 2-3 years as well as the ability, with software upgrades, to route far more than basic IP traffic and some very high end routing features.

[glc]

Use a gigabit switch and a single port router such as a Linksys BEFSR11 uplinked to the switch. This assumes you have gigabit network cards, otherwise the gigabit switch is a waste. As said, even a 10 megabit setup is faster than broadband, all gigabit will do is improve cross-lan performance.