----- "Kevin Hart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I figure its about time to move into the 1000 speed networking here > at > the house. Since getting an iMac a few months ago I finally have > broken the seal with 1000 in the house. So, whats everyone's > favorite > semi 'pro' level equipment. And more important to me really, whats a > recommended card? I know some cards are liked more than others for > compatibility for linux. Right now here in the house i have 2 Debian > based machines. Then my iMac. Need at least 6 ports, rather have > more than that. Rather not to spend more than 100 for the switch if > possible. > > Any tips or pitfalls anyone has had in upgrading to 1000?
Cheap switches will slow transfers down. Part of going to gigabit is to be able to use jumbo frames. Jumbo frames let you send more data with the same amount of ethernet overhead. Less overhead means better speeds on top of the higher bit rate. Cheap switches may not handle jumbo frames well or even at all. Good switches will let you do full speed up and down on all ports at the same time. Granted I have seen one of these better switches fail and screw up the transfers as well. Don't go too cheap or you will not see much in the way of benefit. If you are inclined to go cheap, you would be better thinking if you are really moving enough data around your home network to justify the need for gigabit. If you can't say that your need justifies spending the money on decent equipment, then stay on good 100mbit equip. -- Steven Critchfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
