Transfer rate on 10/100 router.

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I would just like to check that my transfer rates are around the norm for a 10/100Mbps router.

When copying files over the network I get around 10-12MB/s transfer speed, broken down:

100Mbps / 8 = 12.5MB/s

So in theory, I'm getting maximum speed when transferring data from one pc to another. Now I'm looking at upgrading to a gigabit network, what kind of speeds can I expect and what hardware would now become the bottleneck?

Lets say:

1000Mbps / 8 = 125MB/s

This would be great, but doubtful that most consumer hard drives will cope with this rate (constantly). What kind of speeds could I expect if I upgrade?

EDIT:

Hmm, nevermind. Found a great article at http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gigabit-ethernet-bandwidth,2321.html

Makes for an interesting read.

 

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A gigabit network requires that every part of the network must be gigabit-capable, while it will run at the speed of the lowest common denominator

This part may be misleading from that article. It seems to imply that if one network card is 10/100, then the whole network will run at 10/100. If the switch is 10/100/1000, and the rest of the nics on the network are 10/100/1000, then just the port with the slow nic will be degraded, the rest will still communicate with each other at gig speeds