[SOLVED] using a switch

[davrohano]

Hi,
I have an ethernet cable connected to my pc. When I use my laptop near my pc, I use connect to the internet through wifi, but would rather want to use it through ethernet cable (less radiation, faster).
I was thinking to solve it by buying a switch, something like Tplink LS1005G, inputting my ethernet cable from my router and outputting an ethernet cable to my pc on one output and laptop to another output.
My concern is that a switch will divide the internet speed between its outputs equally, wither there are any computers connected to them or not. is that true ? If I connect only my pc to the output of the switch (happens when laptop is not connected), will it get the full internet speed as if a switch was not connected ?

Is Tplink LS1005G a good choice ?

 

[yiyine]

Hi,

Internet speed will be "divided" by all connected devices surfing the Internet, wireless or not.
So, if you have 4 devices connected to your switch, but only 1 device surfing throught Internet, the switch will not divide your Internet bandwidth but offering what your router willing to give to your switch.

 

[USAFRet]

Each port on a gigabit switch is independently capable of gigabit performance.
2 systems on the same switch, sharing data between them...both get gigabit performance.

From the switch up to the router, there is one cable.
All devices on the switch share that 1gigabit connection to the router.
But its not a hard strict division. Each gets a share of the available resources at this particular moment.

And of course, ALL devices in the house share the same pipe to the outside world. Whether they are hardwired or WiFi. All flows through the same router.

 

[davrohano]

Thanks, USAFRet said what I wanted to know : "But its not a hard strict division ".