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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 978075" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Best I'm really hoping for is somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-25MBps.</p><p></p><p>That particular box plugs into the Time Machine which is connected to just under 100LF of Cat5e cable to the DIR-655 which routes it another 15' to the server.</p><p></p><p>You may think that would have something to do with it, however, if I take that same cable and plug it into my MBP running Win7, I do get a status report of 1.0 Gbps rather than the 100Mbps shown on the HTPC. Have not tried transferring data from my MBP to the server over ethernet, guess I should.</p><p></p><p>Have a <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131348&cm_re=asus_p5n7a-_-13-131-348-_-Product" target="_blank">Asus P5N7A-VM</a> - has a nVidia 730i northbridge. Asus says it's a 10/100/1000 ethernet and it shows in Device Manager as a nVidia 10/100/100 Pro something or other. Some of the newegg reviews indicate others have had issues with gigabit support on this board also. I haven't had any of the other issues users have talked about with this board. The thing does Blu-ray, HD-DVD, and everything else I've thrown at it thus far. Will need to upgrade the graphics if I decide to play games on it.</p><p></p><p>Went ahead and ordered this <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166015" target="_blank">Rosewill</a> card today. Best I can figure out, this one uses a Marvell chip instead of a Realtek and has some overall pretty good reviews. So, we'll see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 978075, member: 24160"] Best I'm really hoping for is somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-25MBps. That particular box plugs into the Time Machine which is connected to just under 100LF of Cat5e cable to the DIR-655 which routes it another 15' to the server. You may think that would have something to do with it, however, if I take that same cable and plug it into my MBP running Win7, I do get a status report of 1.0 Gbps rather than the 100Mbps shown on the HTPC. Have not tried transferring data from my MBP to the server over ethernet, guess I should. Have a [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131348&cm_re=asus_p5n7a-_-13-131-348-_-Product"]Asus P5N7A-VM[/URL] - has a nVidia 730i northbridge. Asus says it's a 10/100/1000 ethernet and it shows in Device Manager as a nVidia 10/100/100 Pro something or other. Some of the newegg reviews indicate others have had issues with gigabit support on this board also. I haven't had any of the other issues users have talked about with this board. The thing does Blu-ray, HD-DVD, and everything else I've thrown at it thus far. Will need to upgrade the graphics if I decide to play games on it. Went ahead and ordered this [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833166015"]Rosewill[/URL] card today. Best I can figure out, this one uses a Marvell chip instead of a Realtek and has some overall pretty good reviews. So, we'll see. [/QUOTE]
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