Anypoint getting a gb switch ?

Snow-Munki

Snow-Munki

Snow-Munki

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Hi,

At the moment at home I have the following:

Downstairs : ADSL router which is only 10/100 to my HTPC / download machine.

upstiars via a cat5 cable to my gb switch which networks my other 2 machines.

Was wondering any point putting another gb switch downstairs so when i transfer data from HTPC to my main machine it would be a lot quicker ? I do transfer quite a bit of data....
 
This is a really random thread in that only you can provide the answer.

Is the transfer speed a problem or not? If it is then buy a faster switch :p
 
a mate of mine had the exact same issue and bought the gigabit switch only to be dissapointed that the speed only went up to about 21MB/s.
 
Clarkey said:
a mate of mine had the exact same issue and bought the gigabit switch only to be dissapointed that the speed only went up to about 21MB/s.
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21MB/sec is not to be sniffed at!
 
Yeah if you expect it to literally be 10 times faster then you will be disappointed. Realistically you're looking at 3 to 4 times faster - mine is around 25 to 30MB/sec compared to 8MB sec or so on 100mbit. Still pretty good I reckon.
 
I was thinking bout buying one to sit between my cisco 2610s. Since my machines have a onboard GB lan. Only to test it out though.
 
I think you'll hit the limit of the PCI bus and then your hard disk before getting anywhere near to 1gbit speeds. :o
 
My home LAN is faster than 100Mbit for transfers - especially when more than one machine is running.

I'd agree with the other posts the domestic PC isn't designed to handle gigabit network.
 
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