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Gigabit Networking for the Home?

Posted by Cliff on from the dealing-with-advancing-technology dept.

The Clockwork Troll asks: "I've had a whole-house audio/video distribution project on the back-burner for a while now. As gigabit networking hardware prices come down to earth, I'm tempted to jump on the 1000BaseTX bandwagon. As far as I can tell though, the current crop of consumer-priced hardware/software doesn't address a couple key issues, namely: fragmenting jumbo frames for the benefit of legacy clients - this is critical as some of the devices on my network will not tolerate the 9000+ byte Ethernet frames which are needed to get the most out of gigabit; and OS support - do Linux and Windows require much tweaking to take advantage of gigabit? Will most drivers automatically optimize themselves? A Google search didn't reveal too much consensus, especially on hardware choices. What switches and software configurations have Slashdot readers been using for home gigabit networks, in particular mixed ones (100/1000BaseTX?"

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  3. Re:What kind of distribution? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Uh huh. How many times have you heard a geek talk about his big plans for some loser project around the house, but somehow the projects never get done. Face it. You are a virgin loser and you will stay that way.

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