100 meg and no gigabit networks help please

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Right guys, I have my 100 meg install happening this saturday, but i need some advice on the rest of my home network.


currently my setup is


Router>Netgear 16 port hub>cat 5>Wired devices


now is my old netgear or the venerable old cat 5 cables going to bottleneck my connection?

i can transfer pc to pc within the house at greater than 9MB/s so am i likely to get max speed with my shiny new BB connection?
 
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What is the netgear hub?

If its just 100mb, then you should still get full throughput. Might be worth sticking in a Gigabit switch anyway, they can be had quite cheaply now! Lets face it, if you can afford 100mb, then you can afford some shiny kit :p
 
A 100Mb port won't give you more than ~80-90Mb at best due to overheads and such. If you want the full speed out of your shiny new connection, I'd recommend getting gigabit.
 
10meg internet connection = 1MB transfer
100meg internet connection = 10MB transfer

my 1gb internet network transfer at about 80/90MB

which was about 4x faster than it was at 100meg so it was 20

so if you mean you have a 100meg internet connection it will be fine...

thought all those films you are downloading will transfer between your machines better if you spend £50/70 on a GB hub
 
Didn't they stop making hubs in like 1998? they were obsolete once switches became affordable, as you can get a 16 port switch off ebay cheaper than a big mac meal im gonna guess you actually have a switch, in which case I reckon your setup should be fine.

Also although a 100mb/s internet connection will transfer 12.5MB/s theoretically, extra space is taken up by headers and such, I can't see a 100mb/s internet connection shifting more than a 100mb/s Ethernet connection.
 
ubersonic said:
Also although a 100mb/s internet connection will transfer 12.5MB/s theoretically, extra space is taken up by headers and such, I can't see a 100mb/s internet connection shifting more than a 100mb/s Ethernet connection.
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I can.

I regularly pull over 6MB/s out of a 50Mb connection, so see no reason why a 100Mb connection won't pull 12MB/s.

The overheads of TCP aren't exactly huge.
 
silworth said:
I can.

I regularly pull over 6MB/s out of a 50Mb connection, so see no reason why a 100Mb connection won't pull 12MB/s.

The overheads of TCP aren't exactly huge.
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Yeah I wasn't saying he was gonna lose half his speed or anything, but if you consider that your getting 6MB/s from a 50Mb/s connection so therfore he should get 12MB/s from a 100Mb/s connection and he's currently getting 9MB/s+ while transferring files from a drive on PC1 to a drive on PC2 then he should have no trouble with his current setup.
 
Doh too early for me lol its a 16 port hub :) tis a switch indeed


might have to invest in a shiny new gigabit switch then
 
Yup I got me a Dell PowerConnect 2716 off t'bay for approx. £50 and it's managed gigabit switch. Has made a pretty big difference...
 
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