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Thread ID: 91912 2008-07-22 10:59:00 Upgrading to Gigabit Ethernet aonghas (12649) Press F1
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691205 2008-07-22 10:59:00 Hey guys,

I am thinking of buying a NAS hard drive to store all my photos and music so I can access it from different computers in my network, but I did a bit of reading and thought that I might consider upgrading my standard ethernet network to gigabit speeds. At the moment I have a D-Link 504g router (does that support gigabit??) and a cheap switch which is only 10/100Mbit I think. My place is wired with category 5e cable I think.

My computer's motherboard supports gigabit ethernet though. In order to get gigabit speeds, what would I need to do? Is it just the switch that needs replacing or the router as well? Does anyone have any recommendations on which new hardware i should consider?

Cheers
aonghas
aonghas (12649)
691206 2008-07-22 11:15:00 A gigabit switch for all pc's and NAS box, with router also plugged into the switch would do it..... SolMiester (139)
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