reelbigfish
join:2002-06-06
Boston, MA
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Re: I still have 10mbit
The whole point of Ethernet with it's small packet size (1500 bytes) is for a lot of traffic from many computers to flow at a good speed, not a few computers at a high data rate. It's more of a backbone technology, which is why in home networks, you never get full utilization. |
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jasonpel
Cruising At 5 Mbps
join:2003-02-17
Arlington, TX
| said by reelbigfish  :
The whole point of Ethernet with it's small packet size (1500 bytes) is for a lot of traffic from many computers to flow at a good speed, not a few computers at a high data rate. It's more of a backbone technology, which is why in home networks, you never get full utilization.
Kind of makes Giga-bit for the home seem like a huge waste of money then. |
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wentlanc
You Can't Fix Dumb..
join:2003-07-30
Maineville, OH
| Graph your traffic sometime. First of all, you have an internet connection that supports less than 5 megabits per second for the most part. That is more than likely the main source of your traffic. Just about the only other usage that is put on the average home network is files being copied from one system to the other. Gig is a waste at home.
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Hayward
K A R - 1 2 0 C
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join:2000-07-13
Key West, FL
2 edits | said by wentlanc :
Graph your traffic sometime. First of all, you have an internet connection that supports less than 5 megabits per second for the most part. That is more than likely the main source of your traffic.
Not necessarily... a lot of software will run over a network... and if it is graphic or photo/video involving.. it can amount to a lot of bandwidth.
Now a gigabit could be over kill, but 100 megabit could easily fall short as well.
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