Server Nic speed

From: Laxer (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:06:44 -0700

Would it be better to hard set our server's NICs to 1GB or
100MB on a network with 100+ computers running at 100MB
Full Duplex?

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