175 mbs internet bottleneck on 10/100 ethernet card

[raftek]

Hi,

I have an onboard lan card (ethernet 10/100) and I was wondering if it would bottleneck my 175mbs internet.

My internet provider now offers 175mbs and i would like to subscribe to that, I just want to make sure it wont bottleneck straight to my pc...

Thanks for your time guys !

 

[allennnn]

Likely to only get 95mbs you will need to install a new nic 100/1000 or maybe a usb lan if its a laptop/notebook.

 

[choucove]

As Allennnn stated above, your onboard 10/100 ethernet port WILL be a bottleneck to the overall throughput capabilities of your internet, but also be aware that your network infrastructure may also easily be a bottleneck with internet at that speed. Slower switches and wireless routers will only operate at wired 10/100 as well, which will be a bottleneck as well. Even cheaper ethernet cable can limit the amount of possible throughput so I would suggest utilizing at least Cat 5e cable for all connections from the outside internet connection to all devices.

Man, having a network bottleneck lower than your overall internet plan availability at 175 Mbps must be nice! Around here the fastest internet speed available is a 10 Mbps DSL plan which costs $100 USD per month!

 

[raftek]

Yeah over here in montreal, there is a 175 mbs internet for 104$/ months. And you can get unlimited downloads for +10$/months

So is there any hardware (ethernet card, rooter, cables) you could
suggest ?

 

[choucove]

You can purchase an add-in gigabit ethernet adapter for pretty cheap. Most of them are PCI-Express X1 so they should work in nearly any desktop computer. I recommend Intel brand due to higher quality and better driver support. Also, you can purchase Cat5e or Cat6 ethernet cable in whatever lengths you need from many different stores, they're not usually very expensive, and that will ensure you have the right speed cabling to support the throughput.

The real problem comes in at your gateway. Most home wireless routers just can't support that much throughput. Even with a gigabit switch included internally within the router, many just don't have the processing capabilities to actually handle that kind of throughput. Business-class routers are one way you can go, which utilize a much more robust processor and configuration, but are also much more expensive.

While I have used several of the cheaper ASUS RT-N12/D1 wireless routers with great success, I haven't used any of their high-end models personally. However, I've heard that they are very great performers and may give you the kind of throughput you may be looking at and save you a little in cost as well. You may want to check also and see if your internet provider will be setting up their own router on the connection, in which case you would probably just need to connect a simple gigabit switch to that to utilize the bandwidth properly.

 

[raftek]

Hi, finally got the 175 mbs internet. Altho, i tought my wireless USB adaptor would give me the full speed, but im stuck at 100mbs.

I am looking at this :

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833704060

To fix the bottleneck problem. Would you think this would cut it ? Reason why im looking at the TP-Link instead of the Intel is the short size of this one, and im worried it might not fit in because my cpu heatsink could be on the way further ...

 

[choucove]

That should work fine, most all entry-level gigabit add-in cards are the same or based on similar controller anyways.