Network Question

[activation]

I have a LAN on a cable internet connection (RoadRunner) and a D-Link wireless router connected to a 5-port switch. When I first plugged the cable modem into a computer it seemed to download faster than after I switched the router to the switch. This is only one computer network as-is... Should the LAN output of the router be connected to the UPLINK input of the switch? If so I have it backwards. Thanks for the help... Also any other reasons my bandwidth could be reduced?

[sm8000]

The wireless will definitely be a bottleneck.

I'm not quite sure what your layout is, can you tell it again? Something like this?

Cable modem --> Wireless router --> Switch --> Computer

As for your uplink idea, try it and see if it's any better.

[crossedup]

thats not a 5 port workgroup switch is it?

i had one and yes, it is slower. it might be only 10mbps instead of 100 mbps as was mine. got rid of it post haste when i realized my mistake. had used it for year or so before then. moving modem from computer to switch shouldnt really effect connection like that

[activation]

Yes it is a 5-port workgroup switch (linksys)... That probably is my problem... So I guess the next step is to determine if the switch is 10 mbps... It says 10/100 right on it.. Doesn't that mean that it can run on 10 mbps and 100 mbps networks?

The model # of the switch is EZXS55W... I'm going to do a search on it now and try to find out more...

By the way, the wireless (to my knowledge), is not a bottleneck first off because I'm not using it, and second off because its disabled. Correct me if I'm wrong... Also, could the wireless counterparts of the router (transmitter etc) slow the rest of it down if it was enabled?

[crossedup]

sounds like your okay with that, just check and make sure all ports are 10/100. check cable as well, make sure its cat 5

wireless shouldnt be big bottleneck unless your actually hooked up wirelessly, even then should keep up with cable modem speeds okay

[slam]

my wireless connection was lousy on a dsl router to wireless client... the transfer rates just don't match cat 5 cabled systems.

[activation]

OK, but what about the UPLINK port on the switch?

I know its for connecting switches, what else is it used for? I shouldn't need it for connecting the switch to the router, right?

The router has a LAN port, so the way i see it it should function as a node just like a computer, in other words the UPLINK port isn't needed unless adding additional switches. Again correct me if I'm wrong..

[Midknyte]

you should be going from the router into a regular port, not an uplink. uplink would be used to attach another switch to your existing switch.