Gigabit LAN

[cubase]

Is it worth upgrading to a gigabit LAN?? I have read somewhere that is does not really run at 1000 mb/sec (megabits) anyway. Is there much noticeable difference over 100 mb/sec?

Thanks,

-Cub. =o)

[TimmyTime]

no, besides, your hard drive doesnt operate quickly enough for it to matter. if it comes on the board, sure, take it. but dont go buy a new card. for data transfer, you would have to have to computers set up on scsi raid, two gigabit lan cards, a gigabit router, and a cat6 cable for both. its not worth it. internet doesnt run over normal 100mps... runs like 2 mps, so the only thing you would use it for is like data transfer, but even that isnt done that often...

[Dallascisco]

Gigabit lan isn't feasible for home use do to speed limitations of other things (i.e your hard drive, internet connection). Especially if you have to buy a bunch of hardware.

[Peter]

Is it worth upgrading to a gigabit LAN?? I have read somewhere that is does not really run at 1000 mb/sec (megabits) anyway. Is there much noticeable difference over 100 mb/sec?

Thanks,

-Cub. =o)

10/100 LANs transfer max 12MByte/s...10MByte is perhaps
more realistic...with new harddrives in all computers
and things like a daily backup or other large data transfer
needs...or distributed computing... it may make sense...
...but I doubt you will do anything like that...

[cubase]

Thanks for the responses. I guess it is either for businesses who have a large need for it (like you said Peter) or ppl who want to say they have it

I originally only had 10, and upgraded to 100, which was a big enough difference for what I do.

-Cub. =o)