humorman Posted August 20, 2005 CID Share Posted August 20, 2005 Ok I am wondering I know alot of datacenters say they have 1gbs lines and I don't doubt it but I am wondering say you have a 1gbs line but a basic nic then will you get 1gbs? I mean my card is like a 10/100mbs nic so tops I could get would be 100mbs right? So the only way you could get top speeds or close is if you had a 1gbs nic is this right? And I am not sure they make over a 1gb nic yet or do they? I am just wondering how this goes any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted August 20, 2005 CID Share Posted August 20, 2005 Your network is only as fast as the slowest device in the chain. They do make 10/100/1000 mbps NICs. Example: Click Here (they are getting pretty cheap nowadays) This will not help the average Joe increase his Internet speeds, but you can speed up your home LAN. A 10mbps NIC is just that, 10mbps (actually less due to ethernet overhead). A data center may have a 1 Gbps connection to share with all users simultaneously; they will need high end (10/100/1000) NICs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted August 20, 2005 CID Share Posted August 20, 2005 they dont use the normal NIC you guys see at home they probably use fiber on 1 gigabit that makes more sense im not sayin fiber to every server im saying fiber 1G between switches then maybe normal ethernet cable Cat5e on 1Gbps network cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted August 20, 2005 CID Share Posted August 20, 2005 http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro10GbE_SR_server_adapter.htm they have special nics for servers.. most likely they are networking with fibre instead of cat 5 or 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted August 20, 2005 CID Share Posted August 20, 2005 yeap thats the stuff i dont think they are very common maybe still to expensive and 10Gb fiber should be damn expensive any one has 10Gb at work or at home even ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6arett Posted August 20, 2005 CID Share Posted August 20, 2005 My school claims to have a .5 GB Lines. (Shared with over 200 Computers) Yet....the speeds are horibal at like 300 kB/s down and 400 kB/s up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted August 20, 2005 CID Share Posted August 20, 2005 My school claims to have a .5 GB Lines. (Shared with over 200 Computers) Yet....the speeds are horibal at like 300 kB/s down and 400 kB/s up do you mea 0.5G or 5G ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted August 21, 2005 CID Share Posted August 21, 2005 do you mea 0.5G or 5G ? I'm pretty sure its .5GB cuz 5 GB line would not get those speeds.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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