Gigabit XP Home Networks

[Anna]

I know this is overkill, but I would like to get a home network running with
gigabit technology.

I've seen a local store that sells the pro 1000 ethernet cards for about $50
CDN each. I'm just wondering if someone knows of a very reasonably priced
router that could be used for this purpose. I have 4 computers that would
be hooked in at all times.

Thanks

Anna

 

[Jetro]

Anna,

Consider a combination of the SOHO router+Gigabit switch.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

I don't think I've seen a home network router with gigabit capabilities. As
Jetro suggested you could buy a gigabit switch to connect the high-speed
computers to, then connect the gigabit switch to your existing network.

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[Jack]

Hi

Giga NICs by themselves do not work in Giga Mode unless the Switch is a Giga
Switch Jumbo frame capable.

As far as Internet surfing is concerned Giga will do nothing for you.

As for Local Network traffic you might want to read this: Home Giga
Network: http://www.ezlan.net/giga.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Anna]

My appologies for last night. You're right in that a gigabit router
wouldn't help me.

It was actually a gigabit switch that I need. I would plug my Cable
Modem/Router into the switch but within the house, I would have pro 1000
ethernet cards. I know I would come close to gigabit speed and that it
depends upon PC bus, but I do have fairly fast workstations and I think I
would see an improvement over 10/100 as I do copy very large files quite
regularly.

Some earlier mentioned a SOHO switch which looked like it would fit the
bill.

I don't think I've seen a home network router with gigabit capabilities.
As Jetro suggested you could buy a gigabit switch to connect the high-speed
computers to, then connect the gigabit switch to your existing network.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
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I know this is overkill, but I would like to get a home network running
with gigabit technology.

I've seen a local store that sells the pro 1000 ethernet cards for about
$50 CDN each. I'm just wondering if someone knows of a very reasonably
priced router that could be used for this purpose. I have 4 computers
that would be hooked in at all times.

Thanks

Anna

 

[Lerner]

I've got gigabit here at home... The max throughput I've seen is
250mbit/second. Not great if you expect to see a full gigabit but VERY nice
when you're used to 50mbit/sec over a 100mb network.

I think my limit is the speed of the hard drives involved. I haven't taken
the time to create a benchmark to see what I could put through the network
to test it though.

My appologies for last night. You're right in that a gigabit router
wouldn't help me.

It was actually a gigabit switch that I need. I would plug my Cable
Modem/Router into the switch but within the house, I would have pro 1000
ethernet cards. I know I would come close to gigabit speed and that it
depends upon PC bus, but I do have fairly fast workstations and I think I
would see an improvement over 10/100 as I do copy very large files quite
regularly.

Some earlier mentioned a SOHO switch which looked like it would fit the
bill.

I don't think I've seen a home network router with gigabit capabilities.
As Jetro suggested you could buy a gigabit switch to connect the high-speed
computers to, then connect the gigabit switch to your existing network.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

I know this is overkill, but I would like to get a home network running
with gigabit technology.

I've seen a local store that sells the pro 1000 ethernet cards for about
$50 CDN each. I'm just wondering if someone knows of a very reasonably
priced router that could be used for this purpose. I have 4 computers
that would be hooked in at all times.

Thanks

Anna

 

[Jetro]

If you're measuring the network performance through the Task Manager, then
it has nothing to do with HDD. My 100Mbps-capable networks run 90-95Mbps
according to the TM. A full Gigabit speed isn't achievable in the real
environment but the average throughput is far better than 100Mbps indeed.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I do have fairly fast workstations and I think I
would see an improvement over 10/100 as I do copy very large files quite
regularly.

Anna,

you must have pretty fast hard disks then. What is their maximal
throughput?

Hans-Georg

 

[Anna]

That's a lot better then the max 100 mbit/second I can achive now.

Out of curiosity, what switch di you buy?

I've got gigabit here at home... The max throughput I've seen is
250mbit/second. Not great if you expect to see a full gigabit but VERY
nice
when you're used to 50mbit/sec over a 100mb network.

I think my limit is the speed of the hard drives involved. I haven't taken
the time to create a benchmark to see what I could put through the network
to test it though.

My appologies for last night. You're right in that a gigabit router
wouldn't help me.

It was actually a gigabit switch that I need. I would plug my Cable
Modem/Router into the switch but within the house, I would have pro 1000
ethernet cards. I know I would come close to gigabit speed and that it
depends upon PC bus, but I do have fairly fast workstations and I think I
would see an improvement over 10/100 as I do copy very large files quite
regularly.

Some earlier mentioned a SOHO switch which looked like it would fit the
bill.

I don't think I've seen a home network router with gigabit capabilities.
As Jetro suggested you could buy a gigabit switch to connect the high-speed
computers to, then connect the gigabit switch to your existing network.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I know this is overkill, but I would like to get a home network running
with gigabit technology.

I've seen a local store that sells the pro 1000 ethernet cards for about
$50 CDN each. I'm just wondering if someone knows of a very
reasonably
priced router that could be used for this purpose. I have 4 computers
that would be hooked in at all times.

Thanks

Anna