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Subject: Re: Decision in Router Purchase
To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Veggy Vinny)
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:27:13 -0600 (CST)
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> On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, David Greenman wrote:
> 
> >    I'm sure you misunderstood what Dennis said. I'm sure he knows that T1's
> > are DS1 speed (1.544Mbits/second).
> 
> 	You're probably right since I asked him if a 10MBps or 10/100Mbps
> card would be better for the ethernet from the machine and he said, the
> max is 3MBps, 1.544MBps in/1.544MBps out full deplex.

Remember that an Ethernet starts getting rather crowded around that point
(at least if you believe in low latency and high performance, like I do)
which means that you do not want tons of other traffic on such a wire.

You might want to get the 10/100 card given that the current prices are
really not that far apart, and it will not limit you in the future.

... JG