The network ports on most standard routers provide a communication speed across your internal network of 100 Mbps. Switches running 1 Gbps are common and affordable. Switches are faster than routers so take advantage of this when sharing files within your business.
So if you want to share files within your organisation don’t connect them directly to your router, connect them to a fast switch. That way when you are communicating between computers and servers you will be getting the faster speed.
Note this assumes that the network cards in your computers and your network cabling can also communicate at the faster speed.
Rebecca Mansbridge
Technology Tamed
April 2017