Advice/Help/Knowledge Needed - Gigabit Ethernet

Si MPS · 23 Mar 2008 at 15:36

Hey,

So this is my setup, and my question will follow

Speedtouch 780 Router attached to 3 PCs and another Switch in another room.

The switch in this room is attached to 1 PC, an Xbox 360 and will soon be attached to a Gigabit NAS.

Because i'm going to be using a Gigabit NAS, im going to upgrade the Switch to a Gigabit Switch (i have a Gigabit PHY in my PC).

Now, i want my computer and Gigabit NAS to communicate at Gigabit speeds. Will it be possible for it to do this all on the same interface, or will I be required to use a seperate interface for Gigabit communication with the NAS for jumbo frames etc?

J.B · 23 Mar 2008 at 17:52

should work fine assuming the PC your refering to is the one on the same switch

Si MPS · 23 Mar 2008 at 19:19

beaut.

im still kinda worried these gigabit NAS' arent all they're cracked up to be. I may just get an external firewire drive and sell the two internal ones.

Craigius · 24 Mar 2008 at 11:46

Si MPS said:
beaut.

im still kinda worried these gigabit NAS' arent all they're cracked up to be. I may just get an external firewire drive and sell the two internal ones.

What makes you say that about the NAS drive??

Tomsk · 24 Mar 2008 at 11:57

Craigius said:
What makes you say that about the NAS drive??

My Mybook WEII is gigabit, yet it only reads and writes at ~7 and 5MBs respectively.
From what I've read 15MB/s is about as fast as you can get from 'domestic' NAS boxes.
As a comparison, transferring files between my two PCs through a gigabit network is as fast as my HD ~60MB/s