Home Network

[BorinoleMann]

hello people! let me pick at your brains for a second.

 

im looking to install a home network but i have a couple of questions,

 

if i install a 10 switch network board in my loft and plug in my modem to it, will each cable of the switch get the same mbps or will it split into how many CAT6 cables there are?

 

so for example my download is 80mbps and upload is 12mbps, will each cable in the switch board get 80mbps or will they get 8mbps as they are 10 cables?

 

thank you for taking the time to help me!

 

Callum

[APasz]

That 80/12 will be split up between all active connections as required. So if you have 2 PC's wanting 45 down and 8 up then both will be cut back to 40 down and 6 up.

[BorinoleMann]

@APasz thank you for answering so quickly! do you reckon that 15 mbps is enough for online gaming on pc and consoles? 

[WereCatf]

I think that there's a misunderstanding here: the 80Mbps bandwidth isn't split between the cables, it's split between however devices you have using the Internet. If you only have a single PC using the Internet, then it gets the whole 80Mbps, even if you have 10 cables connected to the switch. Similarly, if you have 10 devices, all trying to use Internet simultaneously, the bandwidth will be split between them, but only when they're actively using the Internet.

[APasz]

55 minutes ago, BorinoleMann said:

@APasz thank you for answering so quickly! do you reckon that 15 mbps is enough for online gaming on pc and consoles? 

Oh yeah, that's plenty. Online games take less than a mb under normal circumstances.