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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
Ermm there's no such thing as DHCP overheads and NAT doesn't exist on a NIC or a switch, are you sure you're not just picking random networking-related terms out of thin air?
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That's the way it was explained to me, I didn't question it because I don't know any better. I have 152/12 (nearer to 160/12.5 throughput), and when one of the PCs started running at 10/100 I was maxing out at 96Mbps consistently. I was told on OcUK you never get the full 100Mbps throughput on a 100Mbps NIC for the reasons I stated earlier. So instead of just being patronising why not explain the reasons in your reply? I'm all ears.
EDIT: Re-reading my earlier post perhaps I should have been (rather) clearer. I meant connecting through a gigabit router with a NIC set at 100Mbps. I obviously realise NAT doesn't exist on a NIC or switch, but rather that a NIC connected at 100Mbps to a gigabit router with a high speed WAN (i.e. >100Mbps) would not pull the full 100Mbps. If you'd care to explain where the 'missing' ~5Mbps goes to give a maximum throughput of ~95Mbps I'd love to hear it. There's no need to be rude.