Windows 10: Get 200+ Gigabit Ethernet through router/switch

If I have 200+ Mbps wired ethernet Spectrum Arris modem, should I install a wired switch or hub which will split the connection between hardwired PC's and a wireless router or a newer fancy gigabit wireless router? Will the new switch or router reduce the speed very much? I ask because I have very little use for wireless connections but would like to keep them available and still get close to the speeds I get when connected directly to the modem. I could by a wireless modem but I was looking into something more economical since the modem is free.

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Recommendation for gigabit switch

I just bought a NAS, and my current switch/router setup is only 10/100 ethernet which causes lag when streaming video. I'm looking at getting a gigabit switch to improve performance and need some recommendations. Minimum of 8 ports, £30 budget, preferably unmanaged so I don't have to faff around setting things up. Thanks in advance.

These are in the running right now:

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Yet another gigabit ethernet issue


Hello everyone,

Found this forum from my Google searches but couldn't find a similar issue.

I use ethernet cable to connect my laptop to a router. My router supports gigabit connection and the wiring of the house is cat 5e. Yet the connection is very unstable on my machine and I hardly see 1 Gbps negotiation. It is mostly auto negotiated as 100 Mbps. Read similar topics and saw that the problem often lies from the infrastructure. However, I did see 1 Gbit connection a couple of times within Windows 10 so I eliminated that out of the equation.

Here's what I have tried so far:

• I tried to set to 1 Gbps full duplex from auto negotiation in ethernet card settings. (I have onboard RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller) This did not change the negotiation speed, it remained on 100 Mbps.

• I tried booting to Ubuntu from an USB drive to check the connection and it was 1 Gbps and pretty stable; by that I mean it did not decrease the negotiation speed. Here you can see the hardware output from Ubuntu: Hardware output
• Strangely, after rebooting from Ubuntu to Windows 10, I saw 1 Gbps connection on ethernet status. However, this was temporary and switched automatically back to 100Mbps after some minutes. Plugging the ethernet cable out and back in multiple times sometimes helps to get 1 Gbit connection but this too is a temporary solution.

• I tried to update the drivers of my ethernet card from this page: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller | Realtek drivers download

Any tip would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

router and switch

the routers function is to share one WAN ip to several LAN ip's.

It has a switch built in (the numerous ethernet ports)

You will gain NOTHING merely moving it to a switch. The only reason to do so is to add more ports, or to upgrade to gigabit - there is no reason to do so otherwise.