Re: network

Yeah, I can see that conversion taking a decade or so. And by then, it's on
the verge of obsolescence.

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"Not Me" <cargodZeroOne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I don't think I have even seen a '10 only' device in several years.
I have fibre connections between most buildings on campus.
In theory those would handle GB connections, it's all the routers,
switches, firewalls and cabling that gets expensive to upgrade.
If you know what it costs to pull/replace 3+ miles of cable to 200+
desktops and as many VOIP phones, you'd think twice before starting an
upgrade.
The VOIP phones get their power from the LAN switches rather than having a
separate power adapter for each phone.
New hardware we have installed in the last 18 months or so is GB
compatible, but unless something fails or is scheduled for replacement, it
stays at 10/100.
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"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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10/100/1000 means that the unit is capable of all three nominal speeds.
It's synonymous with "Gigabit" or 1 Gbps top speed. And you're right, if
there are any 10 Mbps devices in the network, they need upgrading.

On the other hand, if you have one gigabit adapter in one machine, and
the rest is old 10/100 stuff, it could be a bit expensive to upgrade the
entire network.

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"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
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First thing is to make sure all the hardware is 10/100/1000 (gigabit)
speed rated.

10 is too slow. If you are running at 10mbps, you need to upgrade your
hardware. I just completed an overhaul of my home networking
infrastructure. As you say, the weakest link will slow you down. I
found one hub's max as 10, and that slowed those machines connected to
it down to a crawl. You can check the speed in Windows by clicking on
the network connection and clicking on the "status" button. You should
have everything 100mbps minimum, and 1Gbps if you want real speed.

That means the LAN adapters, the router(s), any switches, and
especially the cabling and connectors. After that, it's all relatively
*quite* minor advantages perhaps gained by tweaking, which I don't
bother to do.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=10%2F100%2F1000+cabling

Note that no matter how good the shielding and quality of the cable,
it's still going to pick up noise if it's "loud" enough and close
enough. "Noise" is derived from electric devices, like a blender, or
CRT monitor, or the computer itself, or even if it runs too close to
household interior electrical wiring, even the high-tension grid
running behind your back yard. Things like that. But once you have the
correct and at least decent quality hardware installed, the rest
usually amounts to minor variations.

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"Greg" <computershop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can anyone tell me how to lift my data transfer rate across the
network?
I have Vista and XP machines.
Thanks









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