why is it really only 10/100mbit?

ToiletDuck · Jul 2, 2003

Why is it? Why can I overclock my PC or overclock my NIC and make it do 150mbps? What's the deal with it? What's wrong with this idea?
Duck

ToiletDuck · Jul 2, 2003

Also is it possible to connect two computers together using firewire or USB 2.0?

Smokeys · Jul 2, 2003

Somethings aren't ment to overclock, and try here for info.

phoenix111384 · Jul 2, 2003

ToiletDuck said:
Also is it possible to connect two computers together using firewire or USB 2.0?

it is possible to connect two computers using firewire, but i don't know about usb 2.0

UnseenMenace · Jul 2, 2003

Yes you can network with USB

Kingslayer · Jul 2, 2003

You can network with USB. You can network with Firewire. It's not really networking, but Direct Cable Connection.

And as far a overclocking your NIC, the transfer speed is a hardware limitation.

If you want more speed, go buy some 1000 mb/s NIC's and go to town.

nemisys · Jul 2, 2003

Actually FireWire looks promissnig for more then Direct Connect:

http://developer.apple.com/firewire/IP_over_FireWire.html

and Kingslayer is right about the hardware limit. 100 Full Duplexy uses two pairs of wires in the cable. 1000 mb/s NIC's use all pairs. So your NIC has to be able to handle the voltage and what not.

TazExtreme3 · Jul 2, 2003

nemisys said:
Actually FireWire looks promissnig for more then Direct Connect:

http://developer.apple.com/firewire/IP_over_FireWire.html

That's Interesting

Wonko The Sane · Jul 2, 2003

Actually if i remember correctly there is software available to allow ethernet over firewire. several computers could be connected to a firewire hub, or daisy chained together.

the USB link would be basically a direct connection though.

xtrmeocr · Jul 2, 2003

actually firewire was designed with networking in mind, unlike USB(which requires a special cable with a controller in it) firewire can be directly connected with normal firewire cable.

ToiletDuck · Jul 2, 2003

So i just need to get two PCI cards that are Firewire capable and just plug the wire into both computers?

srs · Jul 2, 2003

The question is "Why?" A pair of NICs and a cheap piece of CAT5 is way cheaper and easier.

xtrmeocr · Jul 2, 2003

i'm not sure about easier but definitly cheaper

DDR-PIII · Jul 2, 2003

cat5 seems really easy to me haha.

ToiletDuck · Jul 2, 2003

Because cat5 can only got at 100mbps. With several drives in raid I eat that up quick. I have a usb PCI card. Is there a way I could run usb cable from one computer to another and use it's 400+mbps?

xtrmeocr · Jul 2, 2003

there is USB networking for USB 1.1 but you need a special cable and software. i dont know if it works with USB 2.0 though. Firewire networking is pretty much plug and play with winxp.

ToiletDuck · Jul 3, 2003

the other computer is going to have freebsd on it I think. It's a server

Wiz4rd · Jul 3, 2003

There are other types of setups. If you want to go fiber you can get a gigabit network setup. But cat5 stops at 100mbit.

NookieN · Jul 3, 2003

Wiz4rd said:
There are other types of setups. If you want to go fiber you can get a gigabit network setup. But cat5 stops at 100mbit.

You can run gigabit over copper. GbE uses all eight wires, instead of the 4 used by 10/100, so cat5 is sufficient for gigabit ethernet. For long cable runs and peace of mind cat5e or cat6 is better and actually doesn't cost a whole lot more.

@ToiletDuck
You could probably get two gigabit cards and a gigabit crossover for $95. I don't know whether or not that's worth it to you, but it definitely gives you more future networking options than firewire or USB would.

ToiletDuck · Jul 3, 2003

I thought usb 2.0 was like 480megabytes a second total. That's far more than the 125megabytes on gigabit

why is it really only 10/100mbit?

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