Are you on Giga-Bit (1000 Mbps) Ethernet?


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So why does a 4000 user company runs a 100 MB network with only a 10MB pipe to the net with no issues on speed to the net?

Because they've probably got a couple of T1's or a DS3 line and it is a constant bandwidth (as would be the internal network).

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no im not, i tried buying a 5 port gigabit switch by netgear and compusa said it was 150 dollars, wtf. i didnt feel like arguing so i just bought a Linksys 10/100 switch instead.Gigabit is too costly right now

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Curiousity ? --- I have 3 linksys 10/100 routers tied together set up to route with rip1 or something with a 1.5mb internet connection and a wireless 11mb sec router, I have 1 computer hosting all my virtual cd's / mp3's so that I can host lan partys and all that. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to speed it up or just general comments on how that sounds as a network setup ? Thanks

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But you are doing this on the LOCAL network. Unless you have two different locations then it would just go through to 10/100 switches.... not the internet.

Im not talking about internet connections

Im talking about networks

There is only so much traffic/bandwidth a 10/100 switch can take.

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Curiousity ? --- I have 3 linksys 10/100 routers tied together set up to route with rip1 or something with a 1.5mb internet connection and a wireless 11mb sec router, I have 1 computer hosting all my virtual cd's / mp3's so that I can host lan partys and all that. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to speed it up or just general comments on how that sounds as a network setup ? Thanks

Sounds like overkill if it's a home network. You ought to only have one router and use switches to connect all you buds when they come over. Routers are slow and they're designed to seperate networks by blocking all broadcasts (packets used to make the network function) from going between the networks. Switches are better suited to connect hosts on one network because they're faster and cheaper. Since you already own the routers though, there's no since in getting rid of them because it doesn't really matter for a small network. Even hubs are good enough for under 8 users. be sure that your routers are set up to use cut-through forwarding for the lowest latency.

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So why does a 4000 user company runs a 100 MB network with only a 10MB pipe to the net with no issues on speed to the net?

add routers to the equation and the company will run fine...

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At work I have a gigabit and fibre optic connection to other offices however not to the internet. Out internet connection is OC12 which is about 622 Mbps. Is still too slow for the files I need to transfer :(

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I have it at work, but my 100mbps switch is more than capable of forfilling my needs at home, so i doubt i will be changing it any time soon.

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At work I have a gigabit and fibre optic connection to other offices however not to the internet. Out internet connection is OC12 which is about 622 Mbps. Is still too slow for the files I need to transfer :(

Huh? If you have a OC12 line to the net then you have an optical connection. OC means "optical carrier." That's a pretty fat pipe and most hard drives can't even read that fast. It's most likely that the other end is too slow unless your transferring something larger than a DVD.

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You would see no change in internt speed, unless you are running a SUPER SLOW 1MB LAN which i dont think anyone does :) Gigabit networks are for users who work alot on their local LAN, mostly for buisnesses. I don't see why anyone else would really need it unless they are transferring HUGE files all the time. My 802.11b connection is great at my house, dont need anything more then that.

try printing large documents or images over your 802.11 connection. I used to have a photo printer, a professional Dye-sub cmyk printer. every time i'd try to print from my laptop on an 802.11b card, it would take about 10-15 minutes to spool the job to the printer, because it would have to run each color, sending the image out 4 times on my desktop, sending over 10/100 only took a couple minutes, like 2-3 image sizes were tiffs at around 50-70 megs

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try printing large documents or images over your 802.11 connection.  I used to have a photo printer, a professional Dye-sub cmyk printer.  every time i'd try to print from my laptop on an 802.11b card,  it would take about 10-15 minutes to spool the job to the printer, because it would have to run each color, sending the image out 4 times  on my desktop, sending over 10/100 only took a couple minutes, like 2-3  image sizes were tiffs at around 50-70 megs

yup, and every home user out there prints documents LIKE THOSE to a printer like yours....... have fun doing it on a faster wireless system, because from what I have seen, G only gets you apprx. 18 - 24mb whereas B gets apprx. 4 - 8mb. Not a HUGE difference. Might cut your 10 - 15 min time in half, but you still got a 5 - 8 minute wait to print a document.

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thats why I don't print over wireless anymore, but instead print over 10/100 to my printserver in the other room... 10-15 min per print is now 2-3 minutes for a 50meg tiff.. anything larger, like 13x19 posters, and i take it to my local pro lab and print on a lightjet 5000

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well the university i go to upgraded from a 500mbit lan to a 1gb lan..so YES :D

and the internet service was also upgraded..from a 512k to 2mbit on each pc.. :D :D

at home i run a 100mbit lan.and 512k net :(

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