> As a novice at ethernet I don't really understand a
> "light" network load vs. a "heavy" load. Would you
> give a real-world scenario of what kind of transfers
> you're discussing here?
Light load would indicate infreauent network activity. Such as passing a few
small files from time to time. Heavy load would mean a lot of data is going
through at any given time. Home based network are usually very light. Think
of light load as a typical county roads at night while heavy load could
compare to the highway at New York City or LA.
> I'm sure it is different
> between 10base-T and 100 - could you give real-world
> load difference between these two as well?
10 and 100 refers to the maximum data that the Ethernet can transfer at once.
10 Mbit is about 1.25Mbyte per second and 100Mbit is ten times faster. 10 is
still suitable for light network uses but those with heavy network traffic
might benifit from using the 100.
THere are also a 1Gb but it's still new stuff and not going to appear at local
computer stores anytime soon.
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