Switch & Router Question

So I just got a switch for my home network, as we do a lot of streaming and data transfers.

My main question here is, by adding a switch after my router, will my new devices(connected to switch) still pass through my router to transfer data to other new devices ? I am trying to limit the data going through my router, as it tends to restart after a few hours of heavy use. Thanks ahead, One.

 

Router: Asus RT-N53

Switch: Netgear GS105

Here's the "standard" (suggested) way to hook up your LAN equipment:

{Internet} --> (Modem)  --> (Router) --> (Switch [not on "uplink" ports]) -- > (Computers)

Your router/modem has everything to do with speed as far as hardware goes. The switch also has a lot to do with speed too but it's nothing you can really configure/control. Either the switch has the speed capabilities or it doesn't. So hopefully, your switch has sufficient capabilities like the ability to pass data at gigabit speeds (1000MB/s) and nothing too slow is connected to the switch too (like an old slow 10MB/s Ethernet device of some kind -- something like an old printer, maybe).

That said, it really all comes down to your router configuration, modem, and Internet service provider (ISP). And since you say that after a bit of time that the router restarts, you may want to look into QoS (quality of service) settings in the router as well as other things like making sure remote configuration is turned off (just in case someone outside your LAN is playing tricks on you). Make sure you're not port forwarding anything unless you need it (you'd know it if you do) and as always, check firewalls and /AV settings.

If everything check out, next would be to check the modem and monitor what your ISP service is providing to you just in case they aren't screwing with you (which I'd bet they ARE).

That's about the best advice I can offer. I don't know if it helps since I really don't know how you have things connected. After all, you may have got fancy and are running different subnets! Point is, there's way too many reasons your connection speeds are going in the toilet but really, my first suspicion would be WiFi! (Probably should have started with that.) Good Luck.

 

If you're talking about data between computers on your network then it won't go through the router. Only internet traffic will go through the router.

Not trying to nit-pick but a gigabit is 1000 megabits, so Mb instead of MB. Just trying to help avoid confusion for future reference (: 

Traffic going between two things (both connected to the switch) will only pass through the switch. Traffic only goes through the router if it has to in order to reach its destination.

Dexter & K4KFH answered my question. But thanks everyone for the help, just trying to keep data away from my router, that isn't accessing the internet, only local machines.