[Q] Purpose of network switches and bandwidth improvement

[xhackell]

Hello guys and thanks for reading.

I'd like to ask if using a network switch improves the bandwidth of computer?

I'm planning to get a new motherboard as my CPU is dead and the LAN port of that motherboard is 1000Mbps my router have 4 ports of 100Mbps. If I were to get a network switch with 5 port, all 4 ports to the router and one to my computer. Will bandwidth increase? Not internet bandwidth but home network bandwidth.

Replying would be a big help.

Edit : Will the IP binded be the same on the computer? Cause I remember IP given from the router is different for every connection.

 

[Emerald]

it will still be 100Mb/s because only one network port will be used.

 

[xhackell]

Then what's the use of network switches?

 

[Emerald]

connecting several computers together.

the only time you would see an increase of network speed using a Giga Switch is when you transfer data between two computers that both have giga network cards.

 

[xhackell]

What I meant is 4 ports to a switch and one port to computer.

 

[Emerald]

it will only use one port not four

 

[xhackell]

It isn't 4x100Mbps?

If it isn't, what's the purpose of Network switches?

 

[Emerald]

to connect computers together at the max speed of one network port

 

[xhackell]

That's what i meant. All 4 ports from my router to the network switch but only 1 port to my computer.

 

[Emerald]

it does not matter if you connect one cable or four cable from the router to the switch it will connect at max 100Mb/s between the two

 

[xhackell]

Okay... So what does a network switch do exactly?

 

[Emerald]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch