On Nov 29, 2012, at 8:35 AM, Neil Laubenthal wrote:
> I never did get a clear answer to one of my previous questions so thought I
> would distill just that one out and make sure I understand everything.
>
> With my current setup I have my WiFi Ranger router which only has 100Mb
> switch ports. Hooked up to this I have a 100Mb switch and hooked up to that I
> have the 100Mb Airport Extreme and a gigabit ethernet capable Mac Mini.
>
> For file transfers between the Mini and the Airport Extreme connected 802.11n
> clients; throughput is currently limited to about 10 MB/sec based on the
> ethernet side of the Airport and not the wireless side of the airport, max
> throughput for the wireless side is up in the 30MB/sec or so range.
>
> What I'm considering doing is leaving the 100Mb router in place with a 100Mb
> connection to a gigabit switch. On the downstream side of the gigabit switch
> I'll have the Mini connected at gigabit and a new gigabit capable Airport
> Extreme.
>
> Given my understanding of the networking issues involved; am I correct in
> assuming that internal LAN traffic (i.e., between the wireless clients and
> the gig wired Mini) will happen at a speed limited by either the 802.11n or
> the gigabit portion of the network and that only traffic destined for the
> router and hence the internet will be slowed down. I believe that the slower
> router and router/switch link are irrelevant to the gig traffic on the LAN
> side of the switch.
Yes. Unless your switch is unusually brain-damaged.
> Alternatively; does the slower 100Mb router and router/switch connection
> artificially limit the throughput on the gigabit/802.11n LAN traffic?
No.
> If it does limit things; am I correct in assuming that the only solution
> would be to double route and have the gigabit Airport Extreme be my LAN
> router with a different subnet from the WAN side of the Airport to the inside
> of the WiFiRanger 100Mb router?
N/A.
> Thanks.
> -----------------------------------------------
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>
> neil
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