There is one other option for those who want gigabyte network speed. Gigabyte speed could only be utilized within a hard wired LAN; because, the gateway to the internet is pretty well limited to what your ISP provides, which is usually under 10Mbps speeds, and wireless is more unstable and lower speed than wired. For the internet gateway, a 100Mbsp router/switch/firewall/etc is all you need, and if your DSL or cable model limits are somewhere around 1.5 to 2.0 Mbps upstream speed and 3.0 to 5.0 Mbps downstream speed, then even a 10Mbps router would be adequate.
You could get gigabyte speed within the local network, (eg LAN), by adding a gigabyte switch. All your computers/devices with a gigabyte Ethernet port could be connected over cat6 cable to the gigabyte ports of the switch. Other lower bandwidth equipment could be connected to either the router or the switch, but all devices properly equipped for 1000Mbps connected to the 1000Mbps switch would communicate by gigabyte. The gigabyte switch would be connected to the fast Ethernet, (eg 100Mbps), router/switch/gatewayfirewall, which would be connected to the DSL/Cable modem. All devices on the gigabyte switch would degrade to the fast ethernet, (eg 100Mbps), speeds when going out the 100Mbps gateway into the internet via the router, which really doesn't matter, as the speed limits place on the connection by fast ethernet, or really by the ISP, is the bottleneck here. http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/PlusSwitches/GS105E.aspx http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122128&Tpk=GS105 http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=GS105&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=15387825884946793382&ei=olMFTKqbHoOBlAev9cXXBg&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CC0Q8wIwAg# Regards, LelandJ On 06/01/2010 01:53 AM, PabloSr wrote: > Ahoy. > > You might also want to compare these two. I wonder which might be better for > protection and usability. > http://tiny.cc/laxwp > > They are both from the same company. Please let us know your final choice, > as I'm also searching for a similar solution. > > =========== > *PabloSr* > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
