Originally Posted by ben1979
correct me if i'm wrong:
from what i understand, doens't 100megabit ethernet means a 100 megabit per second throughput, which also equals 12.5 megabyte per second? if that is true, then gigabit ethernet would means a 1000 megabit per second throughput, which also equals 125 megabyte per second? wouldn't that be on par with the throughout of most HDs out there?
I believe you are correct.
When attached to a shared drive on another one of our computers over gigabit, it is much like using files from our local computer. It is noticeably slower over 100 mb ethernet.