Motherboard LAN 10/100/1000 Mbit support

[makaveli2007]

hi guys

i have some misunderstending here

right now iam signed to 2.5MB internet on cable using modem

i want to upgrade to 12MB

but i am not sure if my onboard LAN can support it

my cable's company described on their site the hardawre requirements

for internet speed up to 12MB(not include, as i understand from them) they said onboard LAN in 10/100 Mbit speed is enough

for internet speed from 12MB and up , they say there's need for external 10/100/1000 PCI card

but my motherboard: gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket AM3 - GA-MA785GT-UD3H (rev. 1.0)

already support 10/100/1000 speed

it got the: Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

maybe the cable's company referend to old computer which only had 10/100 Mbit........

what do you think??

thx 4 the helpers

 

[GhislainG]

Will you get a 12 MB/s link or a 12 Mb/s link? That's very different. The Realtek 8111C controller is enough to handle a Gigabit link.

 

[makaveli2007]

wtf/?? whats the diffrence between 12 MB/s link or a 12 Mb/s link?/

you just wrote it in capital words "MB"

Anyway in the cable requirements site they say : "12Mbps"

 

[GhislainG]

In a nutshell, 12 MB/s is 96 Mb/s (presuming 8 bits in a byte). At 12 Mbps, a 100 Mbps controller is fine.

 

[ahnilated]

One is MegaByte and the other is Megabit. There are 8 bits to a Byte. So 12MB is 12 MegaByte.

Almost everything is sold as Megabit and you probably won't see those speeds constantly, that is probably a burst rate.