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Ethernet Speed

Straight Flush · 2008-01-05 00:44:43

I'm in the market for a new external hard drive. The one that's caught my eye works with an ethernet connection and can transfer data at 10/100/1000 Mbps. How can I tell if my laptop can support the 1000 Mbps speed? In my network connections I can see an icon reading "Local Area Connection/Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit…

05-01-2008 01:44AM

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Straight Flush

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I'm in the market for a new external hard drive. The one that's caught my eye works with an ethernet connection and can transfer data at 10/100/1000 Mbps. How can I tell if my laptop can support the 1000 Mbps speed? In my network connections I can see an icon reading "Local Area Connection/Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller". Gigabit = 1000Mbps, right?

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#2 05-01-2008 01:50AM

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yes

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#3 05-01-2008 01:53AM

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Yes but the hard drive won't be able to write at that speed just to let you know.

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#4 05-01-2008 02:01AM

Straight Flush

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Thanks.

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