[ILUG] Simple question about home wired Ethernet

[Gareth Eason]

    I deal with audio (mainly) and a little bit of video. Bouncing 3GB 
between boxes is NOT a quick task over anything smaller than 100Mbps 
ethernet. I'm thinking of upgrading a chunk of my core network here to 
1Gb. (My audio sessions regularly hit 3GB + )

    Other issues with WiFi are that you can get connection drops, or 
unexpected package losses (such as when the bloke next door starts his 
electric drill) - usually not enough to do significant damage to your 
connection - but enough to introduce enough latency / lag to annoy 
gamers, especially.

    There are undoubtedly other real-world examples that people can give 
you.

    Regards,
    -->Gar


Timothy Murphy wrote:

>On Friday 13 August 2004 15:52, Paul Jakma wrote:
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>>>There is something to be said for wired Ethernet - it's a lot faster than
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>Actually I only have 10Mbs ethernet,
>so it is about the same speed as WiFi.
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>But what exactly do you people do with this great speed?
>I would normally be connected to the real world with ADSL
>(thank you, Sir Anthony)
>so the speed of the WiFi connection would be the least of my worries.
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>>Just try ssh'ing to an 802.11X host, 
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>I'm not sure what you mean.
>Do you mean connecting to a machine in the same house?
>I don't notice any difference between a window on the local machine,
>and one on my desktop upstairs.
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