Cross Over vs. Switched Network performance

Mon, 19 May 2008 18:30:59 +0000

Howdy, so I just changed my setup from having a single ethernet cable running from my mac pro to my file server (using a Netgear gigabit NIC - GA311NAR) to connecting over a DLink Gigabit switch (DGS-1005D).

I have had the understanding that network transfer rates through switching fabric will constrain the transfer rates (I would have thought by means of bandwidth or propagation time) and perhaps they do, but in short my little change over here has shown me that the difference is relatively irrelevant.

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Cross Over vs. Switched Network performance