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This comes from another question at:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/24363900/Doubts-about-Wireless-Routers.html?anchorAnswerId=24256599#a24256599

My home office is definetely less than 10 people, right now we are 2, and at the most we will be 4...

I have a comment on this, i want to know if it is correct what you Pedrorosa74032 said regarding:
"If you office does not have more than 10 people Gigabit Ethernet is unnecessary, and it think you don't have ISP in Costa Rica that suport that kind of speed. 100mb/s Ethernet Link (Speed) is quite enought for you."

Tell me if i am wrong, but ok, you say and probably is very true, that here in Costa Rica the ISP does not has that kind of speed, and even if it did, i dont think i will pay for it, because right now the service i pay is for 1Mbps download /256 upload, and i plan to double the speed soon, but no more than that...

So question: The Gigabit on the router only works for Internet, or will it also work for getting high speed in transfering files between my computers in the network? If this is the case, Does the gigabit speed only depends on the router, or does my Computers need to have this feature too?

Sorry i ask, but i dont have a notion on how fast is 100 Mb or 1000 Mb, and if i will be even needing it (for animation, having some computers as a rendering farm.. etc...)

thanks

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unrinoceronte

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AH!! interesting info LEEW! so, excuse me for asking, how can i check if my computers supports GIGABIT Speeds? Is it on "Device Manager" ? (In my Dell XPS M1710 laptop it says under NETWROK ADAPTER that i have a "Broadcom Nextrem 57xx Gigabit Controller" and in my Newest PC (2 years old) it doesnt mention anything about GIGABIT under Network adapters.. Is there a better way to now? All my PCs are Dell by the way...

In maybe 2 to 3 months i will buy a new computer, and i will ask it to have Gigabit.

But now that you mention, that the bottleneck can be the Hardrive, all my HDs are 7200 rpm (how fast can they transfer? Is this more than 100MB? where do i check this?

And yes, i will be transfering Large Files, But most frequently what i will do is that ONE computer will act as a "server" where all my files (textures, 3d model, project files) will be stored, and with other 2 or 3 computers, the 3Dmax software will Access this files on the "server" to process the renderings or small animations. (How this works is that 3dmax on the 3 computers Load all the files to use them in the renderign job, but they just access them, they do not Copy them locally...)
Do you think that for this I will need Gigabit router and PCs?

What is the best way to know "how much speed" will i be using, or be able to use with this kind of work?

If this is getting confused (sorry i tend to do that) let me know and i will try to be more specifical.

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unrinoceronte

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Specifically:

What is the transfer Speed between 2 Computers with 7200 rpm Hard Drives through a 100Mb or 1000Mb Gigabit Network?

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Kechka

Gigabit network will work between computers in your office (if your computers have gigabit network cards). Internet speed depends on your ISP and your contract. For gigabit network you also need CLASS 6 UTP cables between your computers with gigabit cards and router.

Lee W, MVP

First, it's Category 6, not class 6... second, it's not even Category 6 - it's Category 5e that is needed - 6 is good, but 5e is just fine. (And most cable sold in the
last 5-10 years has been 5e)

(If class 6 can be considered synomymous, it's important to note that it's RARELY if ever used - so rarely, I've never heard it).

unrinoceronte

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Thanks guys!

unrinoceronte

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Thanks very much to all.

That cooment from LEEW about Factors in play has been very enlightening, which makes me start new questions specifically for that. But for now, my question has been answered.