Ethernet switch for performance improvement

[peterdewolf 0]

OK trawling for options here. Low frame rates, Megapixel cameras dropping to low frame rates and having to dumbdown the resolution to 'up' the framerate. What's the point of buying a megapixel camera if I have to do this to get useable video ?

So I'm wondering if my rouuter is a bottleneck. According to an online calculater, for three 1 megapixel cameras, at full hd, 20 fps I need app 14MB/s. Surely my router can handle this easily. All cameras are wired to the router. My Macpro can access it wirelessly and wired ( makes no difference to performance ) .

it seems I might be better off using an ethernet switch. Didn't know anything about them till today but been doing some research. would that help performance ?

[Kenhumes 0]

Hey

 

I guess using ethernet switch will surely improve performance.. rest you can ask professionals at http://www.ivp.org.uk/

They will tell you correct way to increase performance.

[peterdewolf 0]

Thanks I'll have a browse at that

[zr1 0]

Any LAN-traffic that passes only through the gigabit switches will be at the gigabit capacity.

 

Assuming you have:

* Router with 10/100 built-in switch

* Gigabit switch (or 2, or 3)

 

If any end-devices are wired directly to the router, then that LAN traffic will bottleneck at 10/100 speeds.

Of course, each individual device will communicate at it's own given speed, but the gigabit switch wouldn't bog down.

 

And if you go with 2 (or more switches)...if you plug both switches directly to the router, then when Switch #1 talks to Switch #2, the router would be the 10/100 bottleneck again.

So if you have 2 or more switches, just use the router for the internet connection, and have the switches plugging to each other (with at least one switch plugged into the router for the internet)