Hi, I have a question about upgrading my network to Gigabit. This is in a two bedroom apartment that is about 850 square feet. Right now my network consists of a Charter 25 down, 3 up plan using a Motorola SB6120 SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0 eXtreme Broadband Cable Modem. That is connected to the new Netgear N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - Premium Edition (WNDR3800).
All cabling is Cat 6 from Monoprice. Connected by wire are:
1. My computer, upgraded to this power supply and graphics card. Connect via DVI are two Acer 235Hbmid 23" 1920x1080 monitors.
2. Wife's computer. Connected via VGA is a SAMSUNG 220WM 22" 1680x1050 monitor.
3. 20 foot cable to bedroom where I am using a Linksy WRT54G configured as a wired only switch. Connected to the switch are:
a. Roku XDS
b. Insignia™ - Connected TV 32" Class / 1080p / 120Hz / LED HDTV .
4. 50 foot cable to living room where I am using a Netgear WNR1000v2 as a wired only switch. Connected to the switch are:
a. Panasonic VIERA TC-P50G25 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
b. Panasonic DMP-BD85K WiFi Enabled Blu-Ray Disc Player
Connected via wireless I have a Verizon Droid Bionic, Samsung Galaxy S2, and me and the wife's laptops (all wireless N.)
Connected via Readyshare are:
1. HP Deskjet F2430 printer
2. Buffalo 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
Is upgrading the two desktop pc's to gigabit as simple as getting gigabit ethernet cards and installing them? How do I choose the right one? Looks like my desktop has one open PCI Express slot and one open PCI slot (the PCIe16 slot is taken by the graphics card.) Wife's desktop only seems to have an open PCIe16 slot and I can't find any affordable NIC's for PCIe16. Maybe will have to just not upgrade hers? She only uses it to surf the web and to make documents in office anyway...
Is it better to go use PCI or PCIe for the card? Here are the cards I'm kind of looking at:
1. Intel PCI card $31.99
2. Intel PCIe card $29.99
Will there be any benefit to changing the routers that are setup as switches out for gigabit switches if the devices are only 10/100 and not gigabit? How can I tell if the devices are gigabit capable and/or is there any way to make them gigabit capable if they aren't already?
Also, since I am fairly new to networking any suggestions on how to improve my network? I think it is done correctly as I am not having any problems, but you can never be too sure when you are fairly new at something.
Sorry for the post being so long, I wanted to make sure to provide any information that could possibly be needed. Thanks in advance, this forum has been a great help in my learning process.
All cabling is Cat 6 from Monoprice. Connected by wire are:
1. My computer, upgraded to this power supply and graphics card. Connect via DVI are two Acer 235Hbmid 23" 1920x1080 monitors.
2. Wife's computer. Connected via VGA is a SAMSUNG 220WM 22" 1680x1050 monitor.
3. 20 foot cable to bedroom where I am using a Linksy WRT54G configured as a wired only switch. Connected to the switch are:
a. Roku XDS
b. Insignia™ - Connected TV 32" Class / 1080p / 120Hz / LED HDTV .
4. 50 foot cable to living room where I am using a Netgear WNR1000v2 as a wired only switch. Connected to the switch are:
a. Panasonic VIERA TC-P50G25 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
b. Panasonic DMP-BD85K WiFi Enabled Blu-Ray Disc Player
Connected via wireless I have a Verizon Droid Bionic, Samsung Galaxy S2, and me and the wife's laptops (all wireless N.)
Connected via Readyshare are:
1. HP Deskjet F2430 printer
2. Buffalo 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
Is upgrading the two desktop pc's to gigabit as simple as getting gigabit ethernet cards and installing them? How do I choose the right one? Looks like my desktop has one open PCI Express slot and one open PCI slot (the PCIe16 slot is taken by the graphics card.) Wife's desktop only seems to have an open PCIe16 slot and I can't find any affordable NIC's for PCIe16. Maybe will have to just not upgrade hers? She only uses it to surf the web and to make documents in office anyway...
Is it better to go use PCI or PCIe for the card? Here are the cards I'm kind of looking at:
1. Intel PCI card $31.99
2. Intel PCIe card $29.99
Will there be any benefit to changing the routers that are setup as switches out for gigabit switches if the devices are only 10/100 and not gigabit? How can I tell if the devices are gigabit capable and/or is there any way to make them gigabit capable if they aren't already?
Also, since I am fairly new to networking any suggestions on how to improve my network? I think it is done correctly as I am not having any problems, but you can never be too sure when you are fairly new at something.
Sorry for the post being so long, I wanted to make sure to provide any information that could possibly be needed. Thanks in advance, this forum has been a great help in my learning process.
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