Network running on fastest possible speed of device still true with today's Switches and Routers?

[ljcool_17]

So there was this old rule that if you have a device running at 100 Mbps in a 1 Gbps network then all the device in that network will run at 100 Mbps. Is this rule still true with all the latest Routers and Switches available these days?

I don't have the resource to test it so I am asking. Thanks.

[Jade]

That hasn't been true in a very long time.

[d3sl91]

Nope, not the case anymore. And as mentioned, not for a very long time either - so pretty much any gear made will work fine. 

[ljcool_17]

Thanks for the answers. I was wondering how it will work out on a 10 Gbps network with a server on 10 Gbps and several 1 Gbps clients. I presumed if it's just a one on one connection then it will be 1 Gbps. But if two or three then the 10 Gbps speed should be able to accomodate them by giving them 1 Gbps each leaving 7 Gbps of headroom for additional clients.

[d3sl91]

Thanks for the answers. Will it hold true even on a 10 Gbps network? Say a server with 10 Gbps and clients only having 1 Gbps each?

 

Server > 10Gbps switch will be 10Gbps connection. then Switch > 1Gbps client will be a 1Gbps connection. 

[ljcool_17]

That's exactly how I thought it should be. Thanks fo verifying it!