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Ethernet at 1000 Mb/s (1 Gb/s). Can be over copper or fiber. There are different types of fiber.

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Performance issues with self-built NAS

I set up a little NAS system for my personal use. It's an Ubuntu system running on a fan-less Atom-powered mini ATX mainboard which I extended with a usb3 pci card to get best possible performance for the whole system. There are 2 USB3 external…
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Is it possible/likely for a faulty network card (gigabit ethernet) to crash your consumer-grade router?

After much messing around with what appeared to be 4 faulty routers in a row I realized that I can reproduce causing my DLINK DIR-655 router to freeze up and require a hard reboot (to factory setttings) by simply plugging in my Lenovo W520's…
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Having an issue trying to get Gigabit speed across my network (Ubuntu Server)

I've just started looking into the network speeds at my office, the entire network is setup to be "Gigabit". This includes Gb switches, Gb Network cards and Cat 5e cabling. I'm not expecting the full speed, I just want more than ~90 Mb/s. I've been…
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information about ethernet cards

I have few question and I don't find right answers. What's the maximum speed of an Ethernet cable (not a phone cable! the one that has 8 threads) About the Gigabit Ethernet Network Card: Is it just a technology name or can reach 1 GigaBit /…
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Linux Gigabit driver that survives resume

Currently, I'm using the r8169 driver (Realtek 8169 gigabit ethernet). I tried both the chips on the mainboard and with an external network card. When I boot my PC, the machine comes up with speed = 1000 and speed is as expected. When I resume after…
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Cisco 3750 Gigabit ports

I'm looking for Cisco switches that provide 48 Gigabit ports. I've been through this list : CISCO PRODUCT REFERENCE and this one: DETAIL 3750 SWITCHES But there's something I don't understand: WS-C3750G-48TS-S • 48 Ethernet 10/100/1000 ports • 4…
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Anyone love/hate the PowerConnect line of switches from Dell?

I am looking at replacing some unmanaged 16 port store bought GB switches and wanted to go with Cisco but it may be cost prohibitive. Instead I am looking at ProCurve or Dell's PowerConnect line up. I am looking for SNMP, Management, VLANs, and…
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Link Aggregation And Jumbo Frames configured but not working

I have a netgear GS110TP smart POE switch which is connected to a dual port INTEL PRO/1000PT with static link aggregation configured on the switch and PC side. The network card and switch recognize each other and the devices can connect to each…
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Upgrade to gigabit - is it worth it?

We are running two servers with around 30 workstations as follows: 1 x UNIX Server 1 x HP Proliant Server - Windows Server 2008 30 x Windows XP Professional SP3 5 x Axel Thin Clients 16 x Avaya IP Phones They are all interconnected with the…
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What percentage of its capacity should I aim to run a network at?

First of all, apologies if this is the wrong StackExchange site for this question - it's about Ethernet network capacities, but not specifically about servers etc. I am designing a network for a data acquisition system that will be outputting data…
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linux router/firewall device with gigabit ports

i am looking for x86 or arm based device to use as linux router/firewall. It schould have 2 or more gigabit ethernet ports enough processing power to filter a gigabit of traffic about 512 MB of RAM consume at maximum 60 watts fit in to 19 inch…
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Consumer board for 4* commodity cluster in tetrahedral back-to-back GB-lan topology

I'm not very sure what consumer board to choose for such a configuration. Im planning to build one or more "Beowulf-like cluster" (starting with one for testing), one such cluster consists of four boxes (commodity Socket-1156 + i7/875K + 2x2GB 1333)…
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High speed network configuration

Sorry if this seems to be a stupid question, I'm not sure how to specify what I want to know when checking google. I will have 2 or 3 devices pumping out data on a 100Base-T port. The combined data rate of all devices is about 15MB/S which exceeds…
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Use "bad Ethernet frame counter" to debug Cat7 wiring issues

This question is about cabling quality problems in a Cat7 (10Gbps) network installation in an industrial environment, where fiddly M12 x-coded 8-pin connectors are used. In some cases, we are also running PoE over the cables. During the installation…
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Trouble enabling Jumbo Frames?

I'm trying to enable jumbo frames. I have a linux client & a windows server. I've standardized across the board on intel nics. On the windows server the only choice for jumbo frames is 9014 & 4088. I've researched on whether I should set the MTU…
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