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@dblues wrote:
Is there any way to add more Ethernet ports ( e.g via a 3rd party switch) to my current 4-port Ignite router without disruption to any of my other services (TV)?
Thanks,
Yes, you can do this by adding a simple unmanaged LAN Switch. Back in the early days of Ignite TV, when we just had the XB6 gateway, which only had two Ethernet ports, Rogers techs used to give out a 5-port Gigabit Desktop Switch (a TP-Link TL-SG105) to anyone that needed more Ethernet ports.
@dblues wrote:
Is there any way to add more Ethernet ports ( e.g via a 3rd party switch) to my current 4-port Ignite router without disruption to any of my other services (TV)?
Thanks,
Yes, you can do this by adding a simple unmanaged LAN Switch. Back in the early days of Ignite TV, when we just had the XB6 gateway, which only had two Ethernet ports, Rogers techs used to give out a 5-port Gigabit Desktop Switch (a TP-Link TL-SG105) to anyone that needed more Ethernet ports.
I’d like to expand slightly on @-G-‘s comments. The XB7 and XB8 modems have a single 2.5 Gb/s port on them, with the other three ports supporting 1 Gb/s only. The 2.5 Gb/s port is port 4 and is marked with a vertical orange/red bar beside the port.
If you’re looking to run gigabit speeds thru a switch, then a simple unmanaged gigabit switch will do. Something like the following:
If you’re running the 1.5 Gb/s plan and you’re looking to run 1.5 Gb/s to more than one device, then you’ll need to use port 4 of the modem and connect a multi-gig switch. That switch will connect with the modem at 2.5 Gb/s. At the present time Rogers has an internet plan for 2.5 and 1.5 Gb/s, which the XB7 and XB8 modems should be able to handle without any problems.
Multi-gig switches can be seen in the following search.
So, at the end of the day, the choice of switch will depend on your modem, internet plan and any devices that are capable of running above 1 Gb/s.
@dblues wrote:
@-G- and @Datalink
Hi Guys one more question....can I used a managed switch like the Ubiquiti Layer 3 switches?Thanks!
Maybe? However, I would not recommend it... at least not without hearing more about which Ubiquiti products you plan to use how you would plan to deploy them.
If you plan to run the Ignite Gateway in "gateway" mode, then I would install the least expensive unmanaged switch (although from a reputable manufacturer) that meets your connectivity requirements. In this simple configuration, if you planned to use something like a Switch Pro 24 instead, first, you would not be able to use any of its L3 capabilities, you would need to configure the switch to carry LAN traffic on untagged VLANS, and if you plan to connect the switch directly to the 2.5 GigE port on the XB7 gateway, you would need to find an SFP+ transceiver that can establish a 2.5 Gb/s link, and not all of them can. Furthermore, most of Ubiquiti's L2 and L3 switches are geared toward providing 1 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to end stations, with a high-speed uplink, so any computer connected to those ports could still only communicate at 940 Mb/s.
@dblues here is Comcast's reference page for their modems:
https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/broadband-gateways-userguides
Here is the link to the XB7 manual. This is the FCC submission by Technicolor during the modem approval process:
https://fccid.io/UIDTG4482/User-Manual/Users-Manual-4676983.pdf
This is draft revision 1.3 I don't know if there are further drafts.
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