[K12OSN] Re: Network Card suggestions revisited
Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
Tue Feb 24 08:58:02 UTC 2004
On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 05:59, Gary Frederick wrote:
> So if a terminal doesn't use all of a 100 Mbs card, I should not use a
> more expensive 10/100 OR Gigabit card in them? (Guess what I thought
> about doing ;-) )
>
The terminals share the server's bandwidth, so gigabit on the server
would make sense but you don't need that much at a single terminal.
There are differences in the CPU needed to drive different cards
but I don't know where to find a good comparison. With a current
fast CPU it probably doesn't matter but you might notice the
difference on a PC that is old and slow. My favorite years ago
was the original Netgear 10/100 card that had a DEC chip on it but
you aren't likely to find any of those now unless you have a well
stocked junk box.
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Les Mikesell
les at futuresource.com
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