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From: Warren Oates on 25 Jan 2010 08:14
In article <4b5d18b7$0$2029$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>,
Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie(a)pixelmemory.us> wrote:

> That's the current state. See if the "Advanced" section of the Network
> preferences has a menu option to manually select gigabit. (Leave it on
> 'Automatic') If it has it, upgrading to a gigabit switch and Cat 5e or
> Cat 6 cables will give you gigabit LAN speeds. Jumbo Frames are helpful
> too but getting everything on the LAN to support it can be a pain.

Mine just defaulted to gigabit through the switch in my router. I tried
playing with the jumbo frames, and it went flakey, so I left it alone.
--
Very old woody beets will never cook tender.
-- Fannie Farmer
From: Warren Oates on 26 Jan 2010 08:50
In article <nospam.News.Bob-B47B48.17594824012010(a)nothing.attdns.com>,
Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob(a)remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote:

> And I once had a Gigabit capable Mac, and a Gigabit capable
> switch, but I could only get 100baseT. Turns out I a bad ethernet
> cable. So *ALL* 3 components need to support Gigabit before the
> Mac will report you have a 1000baseT connection.

Well a bad cable will always cause problems, but I have a gigabit
switch, connects two MacPros (a tower and a book) with gigabit and an
old G4 that only supports 100baseT; the two Pros get gigabit. It's a
smart switch. And my wireless router.
--
Very old woody beets will never cook tender.
-- Fannie Farmer
From: Phil Stripling on 27 Jan 2010 12:34
In article <tom_stiller-CA08CA.13151226012010(a)news.individual.net>, Tom
Stiller <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> What are "slow cables"?

Sorry, I didn't mean to get technical.*

> Gigabit ethernet requires all four pairs whereas
> migabit and slower connections only require two pairs in the cable.

My house is not wired with Cat5e, and the wiring won't move bits at
gigabit speed. Between computers connected to my gigabit switch I get
gibabits, but between computers on the house LAN, I get 100BaseT
speeds, according to the lights on the switch that indicate how fast
the connections are.


*It's a _joke_! I'm kidding.
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