miyaboy

Well, I assume that it's a 100Mbps switch right? Why do you need the switch? Is it because your router only has 4 ethernet ports?

That shouldn't slow you down by much. Although transfer from computer to computer within your home network will be 10X slower than if you have a Gigabit switch.

... For troubleshooting purposes First I'd recommend hooking the cable modem directly to your best computer... bypass the router and switch and see what speeds you get. If you get better speeds then work the problem out by adding things one at a time...

Second, add the router....

• If you see your speeds drop after that then you know that it's either a misconfiguration of your router (in which case reset the router to factory specs) OR it could be as simple as a bad ethernet cable, either going from the modem to the router or the router to the computer
  

Now, add the switch...

• If your speeds are comprable to what you were seeing with a direct connection to the modem then add the switch... if your speeds drop after that then it could be a bad ethernet cable from your router to the switch or just a plain old bad switch.
  

Basically eliminate the variables... then add them back one at a time. That usually uncovers the culprit.

Good Luck... When you find a solution please update this thread so that future visitors may find the help that they need.

A 100Mbps switch should't drop your connection to 10% -- but personally I would upgrade to a Gigabit switch, or at least run 3 computers off the Gigabit router, hook the switch to the 4th plug and run the remaining two off the 100Mbps switch... maybe to the computers (or roommates ) that you don't care about that much.

- CA3LE

... where are you located by the way?

Hi these are the results from the cable modem that were pretty shocking to me. I am from Singapore by the way.

Hello all

I am on a 100mpbs cable internet plan and the modem is connected to a D-Link Xtreme N Duo DIR 855 router (Gigabit Router). A Fast Ethernet Network Switch is then connected to the router whereby all the 5 computers in my house are connected to the switch. I would like to ask whether would this method of configuration affect the internet speeds attained by my 5 computers? Do I need to upgrade the Fast Ethernet Network Switch to a Gigabit switch?

Currently, I am getting like only 10% of the speed that I am supposed to get.

Thanks for the help.