Re: GIGABIT Ethernet bottleneck?

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From: Yves Leclerc (yvesleclercNOSPAM_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 02/01/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 21:23:34 -0500

There is really not benefits to goto GigaBit network. High-Speed internet
access can only do 10-Base-T speeds, for now. The bottleneck will always be
the router.

You would see better performance with:
        More RAM
        Faster processor
        Faster/larger hard drive

"jtsnow" <jtsnow@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ulBLd.79888$Tf5.22441@lakeread03...
> Will I experience significantly faster exchange data rates on my home LAN
> then with 100baseT thats there now?
> Is there a bottle neck limitation in the PC that limits the max amount of
> effective throughput to the point where it wont make much difference to
> hang a GIGABIT LAN around it?
> I have 4 PCs on a home LAN I was considering doing this for to improve HD
> backup times I do to a server and to help with other shared bandwidth
> issues we are starting to see with the kids playing online games, backups
> and such.
>
> Any thoughts to suggest if this its worth the trouble to swap out NICs and
> router to the GIGBIT world?.
>
> Thank for any insights
>

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