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Originally Posted by Zouk
What does the 10/100 bit mean? i thought that meant it can do 100mb broadband  This stuff is so confusing, how are normal people supposed to work anything out these days. |
I know what you mean, but it isn't so long ago that networks were the domain of the ubergeek and I think a bit of that impenetrability continues - manufacturers assume anyone buying networking kit understands the jargon.
Ok here goes, there are 2 'sides' to the router, the WAN (Wide area network) connects to the outside world via the modem/stb, while the LAN (Local area network) connects to the pc's.
On a version 2 befsr41 the WAN runs at 10Mb/s half duplex, wheras the LAN runs at up to 100Mb/s half duplex (the 10/100 just means it will work at either speed). The WAN is the bottleneck in this case.
On a version3 befsr41 both the WAN & the LAN run at 10/100, so will work at full speed with a 10Mb/s connection
<edit> it shouldn't make any difference using a MAC - as far as the router is concerned all ethernet interfaces look the same
