Good FreeBSD Supported Gigabit Ethernet Card?

[Oliver Hansen]

Steve Bertrand wrote:
> OP said:
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>>> The use will probably be a firewall, proxy, file server, and
>>> DVR.
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>> No offence meant, but why would you like to upgrade a "home" network to
>> Gbit? Is it required at all?
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> Say for instance you have three 'items' on your home network trying to
> communicate with a central box on your 'home' LAN, and said LAN was
> operating on 100Mpbs NIC's.
>
> The 'home server' is also on a 100Mbps NIC.
>
> That gives the home server a theoretical up/down throughput at 200Mpbs.
>
> If all three items at home are trying to connect with/through this
> central box simultaneously, then you now have theoretically 600Mpbs
> in/out all at the same time. The central server can't handle this, nor
> can any 10/100 layer-2 equipment in between.
>
> Upgrade all the NIC's in all the items on the home network to GigE,
> throw in a GigE switch, and now you can see how you just cut open the
> garden hose and now have a small river.
>
> Even on the smallest of networks, if you've ever tried to transfer
> multiple-gigabyte files across it, you will very quickly appreciate the
> exponential transfer rate when it comes to the relatively cheap
> 'upgrade' to GigE equipment in the home.
>
> Just make sure you're not still using that old Cat3 cable ;)
>
> Steve
>
>   
I could not have put it as detailed as Steve but yes it's when copying 
several gigs of images or video that I wish for gigabit ethernet.

Cat3, what's that? ;-)

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