From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 14 14:45:07 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9505B16A418 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:45:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r17fbsd@xxiii.com) Received: from cartman.xxiii.com (cartman.xxiii.com [208.62.177.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 646C613C45D for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:45:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r17fbsd@xxiii.com) Received: from [172.23.23.190] (lan23.xxiii.com [208.62.177.50]) by cartman.xxiii.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l8EEj0P2087758 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:45:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from r17fbsd@xxiii.com) Message-ID: <46EA9E6C.2040001@xxiii.com> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:45:00 -0400 From: Rob User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (Windows/20070809) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions References: <46EA192E.7030807@gmail.com> <46EA2955.5050802@gmail.com> <46EA3309.3040404@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <46EA3309.3040404@ibctech.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Good FreeBSD Supported Gigabit Ethernet Card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:45:07 -0000 Steve Bertrand wrote: >> No offence meant, but why would you like to upgrade a "home" network to >> Gbit? Is it required at all? > > If all three items at home are trying to connect with/through this > central box simultaneously, then you now have theoretically 600Mpbs In my experience, 100Mb will net the theoretical max of 10MB/sec, but Gigabit only gets 30MB/sec on a good day. Still, it's a worthwhile improvement. As for "Why" - many home networks have multiple computers sharing large files like music & movies and need to move or back them up at reasonable speeds. Buy Intel NICs. They're only about $30, or cheaper used on Ebay. Very well supported with Intel writing native FreeBSD drivers (see "man em"). And Intel generally doesn't make junk (with the P-4 as a possible exception.) -RW