On Nov 20, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > > On Nov 19, 2008, at 7:44 PM, insightinmind wrote: > >> My Rosewill RC400 arrived a few minutes ago ... and it is now working >> great. Much snappier at 100Mb than the USB2 at 54Mb. >> >> Curious what 1000Mb is like ... > > When it's a GB connection all the way out, it's quite nice. The > Internet gets 'teh snappy'. > > Between systems on the local network it's WAY noticeable. > ... > > Two of the machines are on 100Mb/s ports, two are on 1000Mb/s ports. > The whole database (3 full and one partial CD images worth) takes > about 3 minutes to transfer on the 1000Mb ones, and about 22 minutes > on the 100's. To test, I transfered a dvd ~ 4.5GB video in about 6/7 minutes of so ... about a CD worth ... impressed me ... So with my DSL modem 10/100 I would really only need to get a 10/100/1000 router, and bridge it to the modem to get giga speeds at home? Any suggestions on giga routers? Also wish I could simply fix the lightning challenged ethernet port of my QS 2002 Dual 1GHz ... I believe it was 10/100/100 ... before the strike ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---