Thread: Media Centre PCs
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Old 22-04-2004, 13:06   #28
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Re: Media Centre PCs
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Originally Posted by altis
RTFM - well that's what I did in my case Failing that you could try emailing the manufacturer but I doubt you'll get a reply.

I think it's called marketing!

For this application you may well be better off with a hub instead of a switch. These work at wire speeds. If you need to, then you can also plug the 'up' port of the hub into the router.

Alternatively, buy a commercial switch (much more expensive) where the throughput is specified or wait around for a bit. I'm sure it won't be long before AV-enabled domestic switch/routers appear. They'll probably handle multicast packets efficiently too.

Edit There's some here:
http://www.redspan.com/acatalog/Onli...gabit_177.html
Altis - shifting some large files around last night (outlook.pst), I have a rough answer on the Linksys boxes. The 200Mb Outlook.pst took 10 mins to move from the laptop to desktop wirelessly at 11Mbs. It took 2 minutes to move from desktop to desktop (wired), thus Linksys routers operate at about 50-60Mbs. Not bad really - reasonable to call it 10/100 I guess.
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