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[sw_freak64]

hey guys just a quick question, i want to set up a CAT 6 1000mbps network in my house...what all is required?
I have seen some things but i dont know how to piece them together.
1.HP 367132-B21 NC150T PCI 4-port Gigabit Combo Switch Adapter
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2.(4 X) ZyXEL GN670-T 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Gigabit 32-bit Network Adapter 1 x RJ-45
3.D-Link DGL-4100 10/100/1000Mbps GamerLounge Broadband Gigabit Gaming Router 1 x 10/100Mbps WAN Ports 4 x 10/100/1000Mbps LAN Ports
4. (4 X) BELKIN A3L980-100cS 100 FT Cat 6 Gray Component Snagless patch cable

please help guys...thanks

 

[Law]

All you need is the following

2.(4 X) ZyXEL GN670-T 10/100/1000Mbps PCI Gigabit 32-bit Network Adapter 1 x RJ-45
3.D-Link DGL-4100 10/100/1000Mbps GamerLounge Broadband Gigabit Gaming Router 1 x 10/100Mbps WAN Ports 4 x 10/100/1000Mbps LAN Ports
4. (4 X) BELKIN A3L980-100cS 100 FT Cat 6 Gray Component Snagless patch cable

That's the gigabit NIC, the router with gigabit switch port, and cat5e or cat6 straight-through cable (cat6 recommended).

I'm not sure why you need the HP switch card unless you are turning your computer or server into a switch.

 

[sw_freak64]

do you need 1000mbps coming into your house?

 

[Ethereal_Dragon]

No, you won't need that much... You actually won't be able to have that unless you are fairly wealthy... an OC3 (around 40 Meg pipe would be tens of thousands a MONTH)....

Consumer WAN is typically at 10 Meg on the high end (typically, meaning a MAJORITY of the internet available).. MOST use considerably less than that. The 1000Mbps would be for your internal LAN only, which really is only needed if you do alot of sharing of files between computers, or streaming of digital media, like songs or video.

 

[sw_freak64]

so the speed affects the internet in no way whatsoever?

 

[Ethereal_Dragon]

absolutly not... If you only have a certain size gateway to the internet, that gateway doesn't change no matter how your LAN is changed.... You could have a LAN that passes 10kbps of traffic, and your internet speed is still the same, it just hits the bottleneck when it gets to the LAN... Conversly, a fast LAN is bottlenecked at the WAN... The only way it would improve internet speed was if lets say you have a 10 Meg network, with an 8 port hub, and 7 host computers continuosly transfering files back and forth, the internet would be slow, because there is one collision domain, so everything would be at half duplex, and the internet traffic would have to wait it's turn..... If you were to upgrade said network to a switch or router capable of 100Mbps or 1000 Mbps, you would be at Full duplex, 8 separate collision domains, no more LAN congestion, therefore internet 'appears' to be faster.

 

[sw_freak64]

sweet, well right now i am using the Bellsouth FastAccess DSL 6.0 Extreme where the downstream/upstream is 6mbps/512 kbps on a 100mbps network...i am using a standard wireless/wired belkin router