Router plus a Switch??

[iwodo]

A normal Router has one wan port and 4 lan port. Some router specify that it can have 65Mbps through put. I suppose that means you can use a 65Mbps boardband. ( Some buffalo and PCi router )

1. So if i tranfer a file from a computer on the same network to another computer on the same network. Would it be limited by the 65mbps?

2. IN order to expand the network. switch or a hub may be used with conjuntion with the router. If, two computer is connected to a switch / Hub, and the hub to a router and to internet. If i transfer a file from computer A to computer B on the same network, would the transfer goes through the hub/switch, then router then back to the hub to computer B. Or would the hub/switch clever enough to transfer my file directly to B without interfering with the router?

 

[Doh!]

Most, if not all, entry-level routers have 100Mbps for LAN.

 

[Yozza]

The throughput rate specified would typically be for WAN-LAN/LAN-WAN. All transfers on the LAN side only would be through the switch ASIC in the router, and should be near 100Mbps under optimal conditions (good TCP/IP RWIN settings, etc).

If you connect a switch to a LAN port on the router, traffic will only pass through the router's switch fabric if one of the computers involved in the transfer is on the router instead of the switch. If both clients are on the switch, traffic will be internal to the switch. Of course, WAN-LAN/LAN-WAN traffic will travel across the NAT mechanism of the router.