Do switches limit Simultaneous Connection?

[mrcua]

The reason i asked is because i have a d-link dgs2205 gigabit switch connected to the dir-625 router. When connected to the router, i don't experience performance degradation when i have around 150-200 simultaneus connections on 1 pc. But if i moved the connection to the dgs-2205, i see slower download speeds and some sites would not load. I don't know if the switch also has its own limited simultaneous connection or maybe i just have a faulty switch.

 

[thiggins]

Unmanaged switches do not use "sessions". They direct packets from physical port to physical port based on the MAC address in the packet.

Sounds like you have a bad switch.

 

[mrcua]

yeah.. that's what i thought. I guess this one's going back to the shop.
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