Network Conceptual Question

[lemondrop9344]

I have multiple pc's with dual gigabit nics, I use a Cisco RV320 router wired to a Cisco SF302-08 switch which has 2 gigabit ports. I'm trying to improve my response time on my internal lan by isolating the media portion of my network through the gigabit port on the switch.
My thought is to connect 1 one the PC's nics to the gigabit port on the switch and the other nic to a regular port on the switch. My assumption is my internet connection would run on the slower nic and my media server and files would be on the gigabit port.
My internet connection is 30mgs up and 5mgs down. I don't believe there would be any advantage to using the gigabit connection for the internet.
The PC in question is running 8.1 pro and at this time I don't want to set up a virtual machine on it.
Thoughts and/or suggestions???
Thanks.

 

[azazel1024]

Why? Why not simply connect a single port on the computer to the switch? The issue you are going to have here is the windows does not like split speed adapters. You are likely going to run in to an issue where all you are getting is fast ethernet speeds on BOTH adapters because of the setup you propose. That is unless you are segmenting through VLANs or IP/L3 segmentation. Otherwise if Windows sees both routes at those speeds, you are just as likely to get only 100Mbps.

Get a new switch or only connect a single NIC up to the gigabit port on the switch.

Only way to guarantee how the traffic flows is to set routing rules on your computer.

 

[brshoemak]

Is there a reason that you need to use that 8-port Cisco switch vs another switch besides just the money that was spent on it? POE maybe?

I spend my day doing working with Cisco IOS on routers and switches but at home my switches are Trendnet 8-port gigabit switches which have been incredibly reliable and cost about $20 on sale.

If you really need to do this, you would need to work with static routes within Windows for each PC. Otherwise all data will just route through the connection with the lowest route metric.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Use a single NIC.
Use a gigabit NIC.
Take 100Mb switches and throw them in the trash.
Sleep well.

 

[lemondrop9344]

Thanks for the responses. Perhaps, I've put the cart before the horse with my thoughts.
I've decided I need to crawl a little prior to trying to walk. For the time being, I am going to take y'alls advice and hookup the pc via a single nic to the gigabit port on the switch.
Again, thanks for the help.