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"L.D. Best" wrote: > > James, > > Supposedly you don't need faster than 10 to use DSL or Cable ... I'm > using 10 on my DOS system, 10/100 on the w2k ... and am going to upgrade > to 10/100 on DOS system. > > With good 10/100 ethernet cards going for under $8, clear the shelf > space off and toss those old cards. <G> > > l.d. > ==== > > Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 18:45:02 -0500 > > From: James Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: 10baseT bottleneck? > > > I've got several 10BaseT ethernet cards laying around and am pondering > > their worth (i.e., whether to keep them or throw them out). I may, at > > some point in the future, want to get a DSL connection to the net and am > > wondering whether using a card like this as an interface to the DSL modem > > would create any kind of bottleneck. The searching I've done thus far > > indicates there should be no bottleneck: my cards are capable, in > > principle, of transferring data at a rate of 10Mbps (10 megabits per > > second) while ADSL, as I get it, is capable of transferring data at a rate > > of only 9Mbps at the fastest. Am I doing my math correctly? Shouldn't the > > speed at which these NIC's can operate always exceed the capacity of the > > ADSL line? > > > Thanks, James > -- Arachne V1.71;UE01, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ > > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. > Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > More info can be found at; > http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
