and the answer is...

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...the slowest device on your network will determine your overall network speed.

To get the maximum out of your network, all devices should be capable of the same speeds, otherwise you are bottlenecked at the slowest device.

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On 2003-06-26 12:07:30, Darkwater 685 wrote
>Im looking at setting up a LAN and when I was looking at NICs i found that you can buy a Gigabit Ethernet NIC, but the wireless card i was looking at only claimed 11Mbit speed. Is the ethernet NIC really going to give me gigabit transfers? If so, do I need to do anything special or is CAT-5 cable and a Switch going to get the Gigabit speed?
>
>Thanks,

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NIC speed - Tr Darkwater 685 2003-06-26 12:07:30
- RE: NIC speed - LtKer Semper 2003-07-01 18:41:18
  - RE: NIC speed - Tr thewhiterabbit 2003-07-01 22:48:51
    - RE: NIC speed - LtKer Semper 2003-07-02 12:31:53
      - RE: NIC speed - Tr thewhiterabbit 2003-07-02 16:03:11
        RE: NIC speed - LtKer Semper 2003-07-02 20:45:34
- >and the answer is... - Guest(edifice) 2003-06-26 22:40:16 <

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Message:	On 2003-06-26 22:40:16, edifice wrote >...the slowest device on your network will determine your overall network speed. > >To get the maximum out of your network, all devices should be capable of the same speeds, otherwise you are bottlenecked at the slowest device. > >me0w >-ed > > > > >On 2003-06-26 12:07:30, Darkwater 685 wrote >>Im looking at setting up a LAN and when I was looking at NICs i found that you can buy a Gigabit Ethernet NIC, but the wireless card i was looking at only claimed 11Mbit speed. Is the ethernet NIC really going to give me gigabit transfers? If so, do I need to do anything special or is CAT-5 cable and a Switch going to get the Gigabit speed? >> >>Thanks,
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