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To switch or to Route?
protokatie:
Thanx. Actually I already have a bunch of gigabit stuff (File server w/ 3TB of storage, my "main" computer, and my netbook.). My "main" computer also has an additional 1 TB drive to back up the stuff I really care about on the file server (So 1000 Base T would be a good upgrade). My phone(magicJack)+info center Kiosk computer and livingroom entertainment center computer are both older systems with 100 base T NICs, but that is more than sufficient. Other computers on the LAN include my netbook(wifi/1000baseT), my two roomates computers(wifi) and the "guy who owns the place"'s computer(100 base T) (we ran an ethernet cable up to his upstairs apartment). Also on the list is a printer, which is set up via wifi, but is also mirrored on the fileserver as a shared local printer.
I am also sitting here looking at another old computer that a roomie brought home from work, a laptop he did as well (both of which I brought back to life, so when his kids come over they have their own computers to play on) as well as a box full of old laptops the guy's work was going to throw out. Considering the number of computers here, the timed lighting strings and lightning lamps I have set up, the X10 home automation I am setting up, and the fact that the file server plays a star trek Klaxxon with Marjel Barrett's voice; this place is getting as close to the Enterprise D as one can imagine (sans voice control). :o
AtomSmasher:
You can get a good gigabit switch for half that price at newegg.com
saint:
I upgraded all my switches to gigabit many months ago. All my computers have gigabit NICs now, and with streaming media going all over the house the bandwidth boost is nice.
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