A@1MEGABIT
B@10MEGABIT
C@100 MEGABIT
D@1,000MEGABIT
2007-01-20 00:45:47 · 8 answers · asked by jennifer_jackson14 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Well LAN has unlimited bandwidth, but I suppose your talking about speed. Ethernet cables are 100mbits/s, though you can probably get faster.
2007-01-20 00:49:56 · answer #1 · answered by Wolf 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your maximum bandwidth is limited to the speed of the slowest port.
Fully switched Ethernet LANs usually cap out somewhat less than 50% of the rated speed of the ports. So a 100 Mbit Ethernet LAN will max out around 50 Mbit or a little less.
A large flat LAN (no VLANs) will often be limited by the switching fabric on the backplanes on the individual switches. Cheap switches often can't carry full load to all ports simultaneously and often won't even list the capacity of the switching fabric. High quality switches will list the backplane capacity and you should use that information in planning your network's physical and logical architecture.
Wireless runs usually cap out around 30% of the link speed.
2007-01-20 02:08:26 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Errrm, depends. How long is a piece of string?
A 10 meg network has a *theoretical* maximum of 10 megabits a second. On a shared LAN this often means a practical limit of 4 megabits a second because of collisions and retries.
10 meg network = 10baseT
100baseT is 10 x as fast
1000baseT is 100 x as fast as 10 baseT (that's gigabit ethernet)
If you want to go all flashy then 10Gb ethernet is a 1000 times as fast as 10baseT... 10,000 megabits a second theoretical maximum.
Oh, if you use full duplex you may get that bandwidth in each direction.
Also, it's as slow as the slowest thing. So don;t complain that your DSL connection doesn't give 100megabits a second just 'cos your LAN is 100baseT... the internet is slow compared to 100baseT. It's even slow compared to 10baseT.
2007-01-20 00:54:51 · answer #3 · answered by bambamitsdead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The maximum bandwidth is the speed of the slowest component. If you have a 10Mmb router and a 100mb switch you LAN will be choke to the 10mb bandwidth. If you have a 1gb (1000mb) NIC in your computer, but your router\switch has 100mb capacity you will only have a 100mb LAN.
Typically you will have 10/100/1000 mb bandwidth in a home or small business LAN. Your connection to the internet will be evn slower. Between 64Kbps (frame relay, ISDN,..) and 128Kbps to 12Mbps for ADSL, cable, T-1, satellite,..).
On a home or small business LAN it will be 100Mb LAN with a 3-6Mb ADSL or cable connection.
2007-01-20 01:17:34 · answer #4 · answered by acklan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are gigabit LAN cards around though.
But then it would only really work to its potential if the other hardware are also gigabit, otherwise you'd be transferring data at the highest possible speed supported by the network.
2007-01-20 00:52:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends.. but 100Mb is probably the most common
Gig ethernet (1000 Mb) will definitely gain ground. Take Dell as an example, almost all their computers are shipping with 1000BaseT network cards.. so once you have 1000BaseT switches in the LAN, you're ready for 1000 Mb transfer
2007-01-20 00:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by Halfie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i like lan cause no disconnections and better speeds
2016-05-24 00:24:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most advanced today i think it's 100 megabit coz that i'm using now~
2007-01-20 00:49:36 · answer #8 · answered by windstonex 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋