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I just got a new Dell XPS for home A/V work (much cheaper than a G5
and still runs Windows software). I was going to replace my old 8250,
but I have just thought that it might be a good idea to keep it side by
side with the XPS to act as a storage unit for the very large AVI files
with which I work. However, transfers of 2 gig files are laborious
even using my 10/100 ethernet home network.
I'm pondering whether I could get a significant speedup using a gigabit
switch along with gigabit cards for the two Dell machines. I guess I
would need Cat6 cables to connect the two Dell machines to the switch,
then I would have to connect the switch to my Netgear router to have
access to the rest of my home network and my DSL modem. But it should
work, shouldn't it?
Anybody done this already with success (or failure)?
I just got a new Dell XPS for home A/V work (much cheaper than a G5
and still runs Windows software). I was going to replace my old 8250,
but I have just thought that it might be a good idea to keep it side by
side with the XPS to act as a storage unit for the very large AVI files
with which I work. However, transfers of 2 gig files are laborious
even using my 10/100 ethernet home network.
I'm pondering whether I could get a significant speedup using a gigabit
switch along with gigabit cards for the two Dell machines. I guess I
would need Cat6 cables to connect the two Dell machines to the switch,
then I would have to connect the switch to my Netgear router to have
access to the rest of my home network and my DSL modem. But it should
work, shouldn't it?
Anybody done this already with success (or failure)?