Salt Home connection speed
You enjoy the best performing fixed broadband internet access in Switzerland with Salt Home and want to get the best out of it?
Here are some tips on:
How can I maximise the use of my 10 Gbit/s connection?
Your Salt Home connection supports a 10 Gbit/s internet technology, so you can connect all your devices without experiencing any slowdowns. You can even ask your friends to join in!
Ultra-high-speed Internet access with 10 Gbit/s technology. 8 Gbit/s is the maximum reachable speed by the customer. The 2 Gbit/s left ensure connection quality. The download and upload speed of the Salt Fiber Box may be limited to 5 Gbit/s when downloading and uploading simultaneously, depending on the configuration of your devices.
Benefiting from 10 Gbit/s technology on all your devices
The main advantage of a 10 Gbit/s connection is that it provides enough bandwidth for each of your devices, whether you are connected via LAN or Wi-Fi (see picture).
Therefore, you can have many devices conveniently connected to the Fiber Box via:
- 4 LAN ports with 1 Gbit/s
- Wi-Fi 5 GHz with 1300 Mbps
- Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz with 300 Mbps
- 1 LAN (ethernet cable) port with 10 Gbit/s
Home network
How can I reach the impressive speed of 8 Gbit/s?
The connection speed depends on the following factors:
- The 2 hosts (for example your computer and a server. Today, only computers can reach 8 Gbit/s)
- Connection
2 hosts connected
The maximum throughput of the Fiber Box and the fibre connection is 8 Gbit/s (the technology is 10 Gbit/s, but the overhead required to send packets over the fibre connection uses some of the bandwidth).
Throughput is calculated on the connection between 2 hosts. To allow for the maximum speed, the connection as well as each host must therefore support the targeted maximum throughput:
- The connection supported with Salt Home is 10 Gbit/s(ensure to use Salt optical fibre cable and the 10 Gbit/s LAN port). Note that if you try to reach the maximum speed with a connection over the internet, the results will of course depend on the congestion (usage by other internet users) and the capacity of the routers on the way there.
- Both hosts must meet the following requirements:
- Quad Core 3 GHz CPU System or better
- 8GB+ RAM
- 2048+ MB Virtual RAM
- 2GB+ Free Disk Space
- A network card supporting 10 Gbit/s is required (mandatory)
- Disable programs that may affect speed, such as anti-virus software
- An Ethernet cable:
- Cat5e twisted pair copper cabling supports 10-Gigabit speeds up to 30 meters
- Cat6 twisted pair copper cabling supports 10-Gigabit speeds up to 55 meters
- Cat6a or newer Cat7 cabling will allow for up to 100 meters
If one of the hosts does not meet the necessary requirements, the maximum throughput cannot be reached. Currently a Salt Speedtest server is available that supports these requirements.