Re: Networking/LAN woes!!

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From: Mike Redrobe
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 00:00

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ms  wrote in  article <kKbVDCAjKV63EwgH@urban75.demon.co.uk>,: 
>>"Mike Redrobe" <Mike@redrobe.demon.co.uk> uttered thus:
>>
>>>BNC is good and cheap, but 100Mbps networks use RJ45 - the speed is
>>>worth it.

>Given the choice of forking out for a hub thingy and changing all the
>cables or getting a transceiver thingy, is the extra speed worth the
>extra investment?

Also be aware that 100Mbps needs 100Mbps network cards - it's not just 
a cabling/hub issue.

Is it worth it ? If you're just filesharing word files, printer 
services,internet and gaming...then probably not.

If you're throwing scanned image files of 10meg+ accross the network,
or dealing with digital video, then yes it is....

Unless you have more patience than money of course ;)

10x speed (half the waiting time) for triple the money.. you don't get
that kind of performance difference in CPU's for instance...

I still think the star shape(?) that UTP dictates leads to messy wires 
though, was much neater with BNC...

-- 
Mike

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From: "Mike Redrobe" <Mike@redrobe.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Networking/LAN woes!!
Date: 1999/09/23
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