Will a network switch limit my connection

[ThatGreg]

So im looking to buy this ethernet switch so i can use my ps4 and pc at the same time

https://www.frys.com/product/8959663?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG

 

And my connection is 590 Mbps down and 820 Mbps Up, so my question is will this switch make my connection a lot worse?

It says its a 10/100/1000Mbps, so im not sure what that means.

 

thank you

[ProjectBox153]

No, it's a gigabit switch. That's what the 10/100/1000 means. 

[Oshino Shinobu]

10/100/1000 is the bandwidths it can operate at. 10Mbps, 100Mbps and 1000Mbps. It won't limit your connection to the internet, but it could limit local network bandwidth if multiple devices on the switch try to use 1Gbps at the same time over to one connection. 

[ThatGreg]

17 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

No, it's a gigabit switch. That's what the 10/100/1000 means. 

 

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

10/100/1000 is the bandwidths it can operate at. 10Mbps, 100Mbps and 1000Mbps. It won't limit your connection to the internet, but it could limit local network bandwidth if multiple devices on the switch try to use 1Gbps at the same time over to one connection. 

Im at a university where I just plug everything into the wall. I have no access to router settings, does this make a difference?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, ThatGreg said:

 

Im at a university where I just plug everything into the wall. I have no access to router settings, does this make a difference?

No. Just plug the switch in and it will work. That's one of the best things about unmanaged switches, they don't need any setup. 

[KarathKasun]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

10/100/1000 is the bandwidths it can operate at. 10Mbps, 100Mbps and 1000Mbps. It won't limit your connection to the internet, but it could limit local network bandwidth if multiple devices on the switch try to use 1Gbps at the same time over to one connection. 

Yep.  If you use PC t the same time as the PS4 it may eat into the bandwidth available to the PS4.  Granted, I dont think the PS4 servers will be able to saturate your connection anyway.  I believe they are throttled at Sonys end to 100-200mbit.

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

Yep.  If you use PC t the same time as the PS4 it may eat into the bandwidth available to the PS4.  Granted, I dont think the PS4 servers will be able to saturate your connection anyway.  I believe they are throttled at Sonys end to 100-200mbit.

Depends if it's local traffic or not. It won't impact the internet connection at all as the switch can handle more than the WAN connection can. Even when using both at the same time to download something, the connection to the internet is going to be the limiting factor, not the switch. 

[KarathKasun]

18 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Depends if it's local traffic or not. It won't impact the internet connection at all as the switch can handle more than the WAN connection can. Even when using both at the same time to download something, the connection to the internet is going to be the limiting factor, not the switch. 

Not true.

 

If the PC is streaming something to the PS4 (or vice versa) the switch will limit traffic to the outside network connection for the PS4 and PC.  The outside link is ~0.6gbit and ~0.8gbit, you cant sustain that bandwidth with a single device if its using any other significant local network bandwidth.

[Oshino Shinobu]

2 minutes ago, KarathKasun said:

Not true.

 

If the PC is streaming something to the PS4 the switch will limit traffic to the outside network connection for the PS4.  The outside link is ~0.6gbit and ~0.8gbit, you cant sustain that bandwidth with a single device if its using any other significant local network bandwidth.

Ah, right. Yeah, if it's using local and WAN (as WAN still uses the local network) to a combination over 1Gbit, then yeah, the switch becomes the limiting factor. 

 

 

[ThatGreg]

3 hours ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Ah, right. Yeah, if it's using local and WAN (as WAN still uses the local network) to a combination over 1Gbit, then yeah, the switch becomes the limiting factor. 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, KarathKasun said:

Not true.

 

If the PC is streaming something to the PS4 (or vice versa) the switch will limit traffic to the outside network connection for the PS4 and PC.  The outside link is ~0.6gbit and ~0.8gbit, you cant sustain that bandwidth with a single device if its using any other significant local network bandwidth.

sorry i got lost, is the ethernet switch bad then?

[Oshino Shinobu]

1 minute ago, ThatGreg said:

 

sorry i got lost, is the ethernet switch bad then?

No, it's good.