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Jime234

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I have a laptop with a 10/100 LAN card! ie Megabit

Can I upgrade it with a Gigabit LAN card ? (1000mbps)

I want faster Ethernet sharing, so.. help me on this 1 folks.

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Doubtful you can change its nic. You can get faster wifi - its will cost you though. as the newer fast wifi isn't cost effective yet.

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I don't think it can be changed but you can search for USB Ethernet that support 10/100/1000

And also if you connect your cable to a switch this switch must support 10/10/1000 or your card will work only on 100

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You cannot change the LAN chip on you laptop.

But you can buy a PCMCIA or cardbus addon card with gigabit lan if your laptop support this.

Or a USB 3.0 to gigabit LAN adapter, you have probably USB 2.0 so maximum network speed with the USB LAN adapter will be +/- 30 MB/sec.

100 Mbit lan is 12,5 MB/sec.

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oho !

I believe USB 3.0 to gigabit LAN adapter will be the only sane option....

I have a usb 3.0 port , what speed will it provide on a CAT6 cable ?

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Everything connected on a wired network must be gigabit. If even one thing on the network is 10/100 the whole network will downstep to 10/100.

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Everything connected on a wired network must be gigabit. If even one thing on the network is 10/100 the whole network will downstep to 10/100.

I know I know

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If the other side (switch/router/...) is gigabit also gigabit.

LAN speed is allways the speed of the slowest part in the LAN connection.

oho !

I believe USB 3.0 to gigabit LAN adapter will be the only sane option....

I have a usb 3.0 port , what speed will it provide on a CAT6 cable ?

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If the other side (switch/router/...) is gigabit also gigabit.

LAN speed is allways the speed of the slowest part in the LAN connection.

Everything connected on a wired network must be gigabit. If even one thing on the network is 10/100 the whole network will downstep to 10/100.

I was just asking whether it would give 125 MBps transfer rate or not...

any ways :notworthy:

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