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by randy.haynes

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I am trying to upgrade my home network to Gigabit Ethernet, I can find everything for making my client side GIGe but when i look for GIGe from the router to the cable modem I cannot find anything, I currently have 10Mps from the provider. Is there a cable modem and a router/switch that can talk to each other via Gigabit Ethernet.

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by oh smeg

Gigabyte from the Cable Modem to the Router/Switch as the speed here can not be increased.

While it is possible to obtain a Gigabyte Cable Router with a built in Hub it's not worth the expense for a home installation as you get no gain unless you have several different computers directly connected tot he ISP Provided Modem.

If that is the case you need to move the computers off the ISP Supplied device onto the Gigabyte LAN to maintain the Network Speeds. As for the ISP connection it's not possible to make this any faster unless you change the connection type.

If you need to connect this Modem directly to a computer use 2 NIC's Cards in this computer and make it your Residential Gateway to the Internet with the Cable Modem on one side and Gigabyte Speeds on the Network. The only thing you need to know is that if you mix the Network Cards with 100 T Base & Gigabyte they tend not to work and the computer with the different NIC's fails to connect to either Network connection.

Col

by randy.haynes

I do understand, however, all my PC's, 3, have a 1000base T cards, my router on client side has 1000base T, on the cable modem side the router has 100base T, the cable modem has 100base T, I would like 1000base T between the cable modem and the router. Is there any gear out there that can do this.

Thanx for the reply.

by oh smeg

But I don't know why you would want to wast money on something that is impossible to confirm.

Most that I have seen are Routers with 4 LAN Connections so you could effectively replace your Cable Modem and Router with a Gigabt Unit but the speed between the Modem/Router and the LAN Ports would still be 100 MBS. Also you would have to check if your ISP supports this device as you may not be able to connect to the ISP with it.

Netgear I believe have a unit like this but there is a lot of talk about ISP's not working with it. It's also a Business class product with a Business Class price.

Col

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