Actual steps needed for Gb networking?

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Well I think theres probably a good few here that have gigabit nic's built into the mobo if they don't have a card by now. What actually needed to get this all working properly though?

I currently have (I think) most of the required kit, i'm simply after getting my main rig and a future download/filer box talking to each other quickly.

As I understand it as soon as you introduce a 100Mb nic into the network everything ends up busted (due to having to enable/tweak settings for jumbo frames to get the most out of Gb). With this in mind would a crossover cable and using twin gigabit (one for gigabit and one for talking to routers/the outside world) be an option?

The reason for all this is basically due to having a decent raid setup on my current box, when the other box goes in this raid will likely get moved across and i'll go SSD on my main rig.

So: what do I need to do to have it all play nice? Is 125MB/sec over a network actually possible?
 
I use a Gb network without having fiddled with my frame sizes. Currently my HD speeds ~60MB/s are the limiting factor. Occasionally my network will peak at ~110MB/s when it moving data that's been cached in memory. I'm using onboard Realtek NICs. My router is only 100Mb/s and that's connected to my 5 port Netgear Gb switch along with everything else.
If you aren't continuously moving GBs of data across the network then it's probably not worth adjusting the frame sizes.
 
Im the same. Have a Netgear Firewall router thats only connected to my Netgear gigabit switch. On that I have laptop, wireless access point, main pc and server. Also have 6 other faceplates wired up. I have a mix on my network as the switch supports it.
 
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