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<blockquote data-quote="lil" data-source="post: 207427">Also for gigabit ethernet you need to have the correct cabling otherwise it will revert back to 100Mbit/s.1Mbit=1/8th MegaByte or 128KB, so 1000Gbit=125MB/s theoretical top transfer speed; but that is not sustained transfer rate.Dennis is quite right that other components in the system have to be up to spec. Even if you were getting a 64MB/s theoretical sustained transfer rate from gigabit ethernet—ATA133 and SATA 150 channels can't really deliver that sustained and that's when you need striped RAIDs to start hitting large transfer rates for hard drives—which means fast large cache drives and a dedicated RAID controller, the cabling...gigabit ethernet takes a little planning and for even the most typical ADSL/DSL Internet connection, 802.11g/10Mbit ethernet will be fine.The PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet (Mid 2000, Single 450, Dual 450 and 500MHz) onwards all have well... umm <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Vicky</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lil, post: 207427"] Also for gigabit ethernet you need to have the correct cabling otherwise it will revert back to 100Mbit/s. 1Mbit=1/8th MegaByte or 128KB, so 1000Gbit=125MB/s theoretical top transfer speed; but that is not sustained transfer rate. Dennis is quite right that other components in the system have to be up to spec. Even if you were getting a 64MB/s theoretical sustained transfer rate from gigabit ethernet—ATA133 and SATA 150 channels can't really deliver that sustained and that's when you need striped RAIDs to start hitting large transfer rates for hard drives—which means fast large cache drives and a dedicated RAID controller, the cabling...gigabit ethernet takes a little planning and for even the most typical ADSL/DSL Internet connection, 802.11g/10Mbit ethernet will be fine. The PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet (Mid 2000, Single 450, Dual 450 and 500MHz) onwards all have well... umm ;) Vicky [/QUOTE]

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