Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Would a 1M ethernet be able to have faster, more reliable speeds with less latency than a 10M ethernet cable?


Does it make a difference?

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

I'm assuming we're talking length here?

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Moved to 'Networking'.

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Yes.

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

There's no difference in them right upto 100m, past 100m you'll be lucky to get a signal at all.

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Unless your 10m cable is causing errors then no

JJ

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

At that short a distance the quality and integrity of the connections and the cable is of vastly more importance that its length.

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Obviosuly with the speed of light (and that of electricity being finite) it will make a difference..

But over 9m the difference would be 0.00000003 of a second (That's 30 nanoseconds) so I don't think it's gonna be an issue!!! ;)

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Damn, i thought i knew the answer to this question - 9m! but it seems the question was slightly misleading!!:D

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

but over a lifetime that could up to nearly a second...;)

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Electricity does not flow at the speed of light, an unshielded copper conductor it is about 96% of the speed of light, while in a typical coaxial cable it is about 66% of the speed of light

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Yeah I know, but didn;t want to over complicate it :D:D:D All they have to do is round the answer down by 4% :p:

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

That's the sign of true geekdom.. Someone pointing out that because the speed of light is limited, then it will have an effect on broadband speed, and someone else pointing out that the speed of electricity through a co-axial cable is considerably lower.

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Which is still bloody FAST and very unlikely to have a detrimental effect on the end user :erm:

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Now let me see, which is worse, the geek pointing out the technology, or the geek pointing out the other geeks as he doesn't want to be left out :p:

:D:D:D:D

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Theres actually a huge difference, 1m cables look neater, and less prone to turn into spaghetti junction, than 10m ones (which is exactly why I shortened all my cables to the shortest I can get away with).

Re: Whats the Difference between a 1M Ethernet and a 10M ethernet?
 

Some modern USB and FireWire devices can time the differences between the Ack and Nack responses and drop the speed to compensate.
Not sure about Ethernet.