Network Question

[RevolutionaryRob]

I am hoping this is the correct forum. I am running a home network with the Linksys Gaming Router. Wired, it is running gigabit. Now I don't know if I needed to specifically get CAT6 cabling, but I have done that.

The thing is that I automatically have a mixed network, and can I expect the gigabit machines to communicate with each other via gigabit whenever they both support that speed? Or will the 100baseT machines cause the entire network to run at 100baseT?

If the answer is dependent on the router, I'd like to know that too.

-Rob

[Cyberlon]

As long as the ports are considered "auto sensing" which I imagine on that one they should be, the LAN interface between two gigabit enabled machines will use that speed, and only slow down when accessing the WAN or a 100baseT connection.

[stinger608]

Originally Posted by Cyberlon

As long as the ports are considered "auto sensing" which I imagine on that one they should be, the LAN interface between two gigabit enabled machines will use that speed, and only slow down when accessing the WAN or a 100baseT connection.

That would be correct!! And the Linksys gaming router, at least I am almost sure, is a auto sensing router, so the 2 gigabit systems will connect at that speed.