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Thanks,<br />
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A related followup (sorry no points) - What if any issues will I have (yes there is a 100 mbps connection between the switch and the router) If I keep chaining switches together? &nbsp;Is there some limitation, or is the only limitation the total available network bandwidth?<br />
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Thanks again
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Thanks,

A related followup (sorry no points) - What if any issues will I have (yes there is a 100 mbps connection between the switch and the router) If I keep chaining switches together?  Is there some limitation, or is the only limitation the total available network bandwidth?

Thanks again

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You SHOULD ask that as a seperate question.<br />
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That said, Switches can be 4 deep - Meaning:<br />
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Switch -- Switch -- Switch -- Switch and STOP.<br />
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You COULD have:<br />
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Switch -- Switch -- Switch -- Switch<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;-- Switch -- Switch -- Switch
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You SHOULD ask that as a seperate question.

That said, Switches can be 4 deep - Meaning:

Switch -- Switch -- Switch -- Switch and STOP.

You COULD have:

Switch -- Switch -- Switch -- Switch
           -- Switch -- Switch -- Switch

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if you plan to go that deep i would reccomend a gigabit module, its not a necessity but it will almost guarrantee no performance issues between swtiches
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if you plan to go that deep i would reccomend a gigabit module, its not a necessity but it will almost guarrantee no performance issues between swtiches

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My DSL router ran out of ports, so I connected a linksys switch to one of the ports and have a pc (via the patch panel connection) connected to that switch. &nbsp;I need to add another pc to the network.<br />
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If I add it to the new switch, it will be sharing that one port with another pc. &nbsp;Will these 2 connections be any slower then the connections directly to the router?<br />
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Thanks
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My DSL router ran out of ports, so I connected a linksys switch to one of the ports and have a pc (via the patch panel connection) connected to that switch.  I need to add another pc to the network.

If I add it to the new switch, it will be sharing that one port with another pc.  Will these 2 connections be any slower then the connections directly to the router?


Thanks

Do I lose network speed when I connect a switch to a router?

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