"Mark R. Myers" wrote:
> 
> Here is the Achilles heal in your setup: your DSL connection.
> Even if you have 10,000,000 mbps within your home network, you are still
> limited to less then 10 Base T connection speeds with either DSL or a cable
> modem.
> So in your home you may have blazing speeds (I have 2 PCs that are 100 Base
> TX on a 10/100 switch), but your speeds to the outside world will be less
> than stellar.
> For a home network, I would not invest in 1000 mbps network connections
> unless you are streaming firewire video to a SAN.
> Mark
> 
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there are instances when there's a bunch of traffic between the servers
that doesn't make it out to the net.

Craig