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Why would a switch kill my Internet speed?

EIijah
By EIijah
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So I have a 10/100 small switch because I wanted to computer on ethernet, but my 90Mbps connection drops to about .25Mbps when the switch is connected. Why would this be?

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Maybe it is defective and causing a broadcast storm or some other switching induced fault. Gigabit switches are cheap so it a 10/100 one is basically disposable. A broadcast storm is when the switch routes a broadcast packet in a loop and it will just amplify on most switches and cause the switch to saturate and would kill speeds or even lock up the switch. Normally this would only happen if you plugged an Ethernet cable back into the switch with no device in between.

 

A hardware problem could be causing errors in the physical layer degrading speeds.

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Bad connection, badswitch, its not actually 10/100, if its managed check the setttings 

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1 minute ago, Roawoao said:

Maybe it is defective and causing a broadcast storm or some other switching induced fault. Gigabit switches are cheap so it a 10/100 one is basically disposable.

Well if its managed or PoE its still valuable 

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1 minute ago, RedWulf said:

Well if its managed or PoE its still valuable

Most small switches are not managed or PoE nor would a consumer typically be using these. But yes larger or highly specialized switches even at 10/100 could be valuable.

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On 3/27/2016 at 10:11 PM, Roawoao said:

Most small switches are not managed or PoE nor would a consumer typically be using these. But yes larger or highly specialized switches even at 10/100 could be valuable.

 

On 3/27/2016 at 10:09 PM, RedWulf said:

Well if its managed or PoE its still valuable

Eh. 24 port 10/100 PoE 2960's can be found for as low as $45 if you just watch ebay long enough.

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