Gigabite Lan

[EvErY_DaY]

Im still learning and a lot of good boards have gigabite lan or 10/100 enthernet what is this?
Its something that lets you transfer information at very high speeds right?

[Amanjit]

hum....im not too good right now with my PC's technically, jus guessing, your 10/100 ethernet is the port whre you put ure ethernet cable, for netowrking, I think it transfers at 100 mb/s, I noticed alot of gigabite lan mobo's, im getting one, but dont know how the gig comes into play with the networkin, good Q, id like to kno the answa aswell. ^.^

[Andrewxcav]

Gigabit refers to a transfer speed to 1000 mega bits per second, I think its more like 1024*1024 bits per second, but it comes out to roughly 1000 mega bits. Anyway, this jsut means that your networks throughput will be 1 gigabit instead of 100megabits, this is 10 times faster, although to utilize it you either need to only have 2 computers and a crossover cable, or you need to have a giigabit hub/switch/router

[DarkHorse]

Those numbers are transfer rates for ethernet networking. 10Mb/sec was the first, I think it was mostly coax cable. 100 came next, but it also supported 10Mb rates so it is commonly referred to as 10/100. This uses Category5 cables (Cat5), which look like thicker versions of what connects your phone to the wall.

Gigabit is the next iteration, and for full transfer capacity, it requires that all components can handle it - hub/router, Cat6 cabling, and the other computers in the network.

Chances are, as a private user Gigabit LAN will provide no benefit, since it is unlikely you will have several Gigabit-ready computers and the hardware to connect them.

[Amanjit]

damn, i got this post in 2 late, dm tho.

happy lan'ing!

[EvErY_DaY]

so is it possable to use gigabite lan when you have a pc computer(mine) that uses gigabite lan connected to a lab top with a wireless dsl benklin router and pc card? This is all on a network The labtop has gigabite lan so could it be possable to use it or is it still unavilable because i dont have the hardware in that case what hardware do i need

[Amanjit]

am I stupid in asking....whats a labtop?

[Confused]

Originally posted by EvErY_DaY
so is it possable to use gigabite lan when you have a pc computer(mine) that uses gigabite lan connected to a lab top with a wireless dsl benklin router and pc card? This is all on a network The labtop has gigabite lan so could it be possable to use it or is it still unavilable because i dont have the hardware in that case what hardware do i need

The router and cabling also has to support it. You could connect the two together using crossover CAT6 cable for file transfer but it isn't worth the hassel unless you have a very large file to transfer. You would also probably need to buy the crossover cable that had been verified for gigabyte speeds. Probably would be a hit or miss thing trying to make one yourself. When you get to those speeds it isn't just a matter of crimping on a couple of ends. You need the correct ends and also you must keep the twist interigty intact. Gigabyte speeds probably aren't neccessary for 99.9% of the home users.

Amanjit he means a laptop. Just a missspell that didn't get caught. But I'm sure that you figured that out.
Chas

[flsurf420]

hey i got a question why does it say that dsl can do something like 8mb/s but when i d/l something it tops out at 150kb/s

[DarkHorse]

Wireless won't have Gb transfer rates, but I doubt you need it. Currently, Gb is for companies that need massive file transfers between their computers. Your computers will just connect at the speed of the slowest component.

If for some reason you really need Gb, run Cat6 everywhere and make sure your router can handle Gb transfer, it should tell you in its specifications. However, this is usually cost-prohibitive

EDIT: Or like Confused said, buy a Gb-ready Crossover, if it is just 2 computers

[Mac Medic]

the wireless belkin only supports 11mbps wirelessly (10/100 wired), thats the fastest transfer speed you will attain with it thus negating the gigabit onboard LAN. If you want to utilize gigabit networking, all of your components have to be gigabit, so you would have to get a gigabit switch and a gigabit card for the laptop, and right now a gigabit switch is extremly expensive and I have never seen a gigabit PCMCIA card and prob never will as the PC Card bandwidth wouldn't support the speed.

[mystvearn]

The DSL you meant is ADSL. not SDSL/xDSL I think. It is meant for SOHO, and home user. So I don't think you want to upload more than you download :)

If your motherboard has a gigabit lan ehternet ready-most likely it is from Intel-for intel motherboard. If not you have to buy a NIC card which is relatively cheap

[EvErY_DaY]

Originally posted by oem_guy_2002
the wireless belkin only supports 11mbps wirelessly (10/100 wired), .
my wireless runs at 54mb/s and the one wires direct to the box runs at 100mb/s

[gunrunnerjohn]

I have some of my systems running gigabit NICs, and an Edimax gigabit router to connect them. In truth, most operations aren't a lot faster than with 100mbit Ethernet. You quickly find that even with fast workstations, other bottlenecks jump up when you juice up the network speed.