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Thread ID: 18834	2002-05-03 08:38:00	Network Speed - 10mbps enough?	Guest (0)	Press F1

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46937	2002-05-03 08:38:00	Hi, I have three computers. One of them has a Fast-Ethernet capable RealTek 8139 based card capable of 100mbps operation (full duplex as well). The other two have a RealTek 8029 based chipset which I can only seem to get to work at 10mbps. I am connecting the computers through a 10/100 switching hub. What I want to know is, is 10mbps fast enough for file transfers and games (eg unreal tournament, c-strike, quake3 etc) or do I need to go out and buy two new fast ethernet cards like the RealTek 8139 ones?	Guest (0)
46938	2002-05-03 08:47:00	Gaming it should be fine. 10Mbps is about 1.25MB/s. As for File Transfers I would go the 100Mbps as this is around 12.5MB/s unless you want to be waiting a while.	Guest (0)
46939	2002-05-04 02:04:00	It's a local network. What suits you is fine. Try it. If it seems 'too slow', and its 'too slow' enough to be worth the money, spend it. If not, it's good to get away from the keyboard. Go for a walk, make a cuppa, talk to someone ... while a big file transfers. I was impressed by the speed of a 20 char/sec terminal after using a 10 char/sec one for a few years. 9600 baud impressed me. 19200 seemed about the same. Ethernet at 10 Mbps is OK. I have CDs on a couple of machines, and mount them on others. It's acceptably fast (at 10 M) to me.	Guest (0)
46940	2002-05-06 01:31:00	It's enough for gameing as long as you don't have more than a dozen people playing or several different games being played. However for large file (100mb+) transfers it might be abit slow it depends on how long your prepared to wait while transfering files.	Guest (0)
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