Does router with DHCP server affect gigabit speed?

[hsagoo]

Hi,

this is my first post on this site.
I have a small home office setup which has 1 adsl2+ router with fast ethernet ports and 2 gigabit switches. which connect to about 10 computers and a Nas.
all the computers ( with gigabit cards) are connected via the switches and the router which has Fast ethernet support is connected to one of the switches.

The router also has the dhcp server running and provides ips to all the computers on the network.

now for the question. if i am doing a transfer from one computer to another( Intranet file transfers) Do i get gigabit speed even if the Dhcp server is on the router which is Fast ethernet only???

now in an intranet file transfer the router is not actually used (it only provides the ip addresses)

this question is really irritating me and none of the IT gurus here are able to help me with this..


HELP??????????????????
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[occamsrazor]

now for the question. if i am doing a transfer from one computer to another( Intranet file transfers) Do i get gigabit speed even if the Dhcp server is on the router which is Fast ethernet only???

Yes, if your setup is ADSL router > Fast ethernet > Gigabit Switch > Gigabit ethernet > computers, then a computer<>computer file transfer will be at gigabit speeds

 

[hsagoo]

Yes, if your setup is ADSL router > Fast ethernet > Gigabit Switch > Gigabit ethernet > computers, then a computer<>computer file transfer will be at gigabit speeds

thanks a lot for the reply
but i am still a little confused

the below discussion says some weird stuff which i dunno is confusing...

http://forums.storagereview.com/ind...jumbo-frames-and-internet-access/page__st__20

thanks anyways

 

[occamsrazor]

the below discussion says some weird stuff which i dunno is confusing...

That discussion is all about jumbo frames, which is separate from the issue of 100 or 1000 ethernet speeds. I'm not that expert on implementation of jumbo frames.

If you have the thing setup, it's pretty easy to show that you are getting gigabit speeds. Do a file transfer and see. If you're getting speeds around 12 megabytes per second, it's fast ethernet. If it's higher e.g. 20+ megabytes per second, it's gigabit.

 

[hsagoo]

Thanks again..

ill check the speeds