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Plug it in, plug it in...
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:00 pm
by raum
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:10 pm
by AYHJA
Oh wow..! Now that's sweet..!
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 3:50 pm
by fatboy42
That is pretty cool.
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 11:31 pm
by emanon
does sound cool. I wonder what all this "special chip" does.
seems like this should have been available a long time ago.
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:53 am
by WAY
Sounds like a great idea, and useful in the short term, however, I doubt we will see it being used in every single home with more than 1 computer, seeing as the max data transfer rate is 170MBits a second.. Ethernet currently maxes out 1000MBits a second (and I got that at home, w00t!)..
Also, is 170MB/s theoretical, or real-life transfer rate?
For internet sharing, probably your best bet for quite a number of years, but for sharing files and LAN games, stick with ethernet, if you require fast LAN connection rates for games/applications, or transfering large files (GB's of data)..
Or if you can, install fibre optic cabling in your house: you won't need to fix up your wiring for a LONG time.. /:D" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt=":D" />
Example of Usage:
Internet at 28MBits/sec
Test Movie File: 2.57GB
Cat4 LAN (16MBits/s): Internet: 16MBits/sec (theoretical) (speed loss of 12MBits/sec)
Cat4 LAN (16MBits/s): Data: would take 4:23 to transfer (theorectial)
Cat5 LAN (100MBits/s): Internet: 28MBits/sec (no speed loss)
Cat5 LAN (100MBits/s): Data: would take 25sec to transfer (theorectial)
Note: Cat5E is faster than Cat5, but slower than Cat6
New Chip (170MBits/s): Internet: 28MBits/sec (no speed loss)
New Chip (170MBits/s): Data: would take 15sec to transfer (theorectial)
Cat6 LAN (100MBits/s): Internet: 28MBits/sec (no speed loss)
Cat6 LAN (100MBits/s): Data: would take 2sec to transfer (theorectial)
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:55 am
by AYHJA
From what I read, it was faster than Ethernet...
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:59 am
by WAY
QUOTE(TheCabin.net)The technology has been around for some time †™ ¢‚¬„¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¢†™‚¢‚¢¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¬¦‚¡¢‚¬Å¡‚¬†™‚¢‚¢¢¢¬…¡‚¬? including in the United States †™ ¢‚¬„¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¢†™‚¢‚¢¢¢‚¬Å¡‚¬¦‚¡¢‚¬Å¡‚¬†™‚¢‚¢¢¢¬…¡‚¬? but Matsushita's system is unique in that it delivers fast-speed broadband information at up to 170 megabits per second, which is faster than Ethernet.
Interesting claim, but my computer says my ethernet is faster..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_ethernet
(also - I just learnt that there is also 10 Gigabit Ethernet - check the link at the bottom of the article)