What's the advantage of a gigabit switch over a regular switch?

I purchased a NETGEAR GS116 16-port 10/100/1000Mbps switch for $200, but then I realized that they were selling Netgear 24 port non-gigabit switches for $100. What's the difference?

#400839

perhaps gigabit is kind of faster than mebabit no?

#400841

I think you bought a Gigabit switch, which supports up to 1000 "megabit" of transfer rate. The other one doesn't.

So, I'm basically saying... Your NETGEAR switch works with 10/100/1000Mbps network cards, the other one supports only 10/100Mbps!

But as it's your first post, why do you think Aqua-Soft is the right place to ask such questions?

#400851

Maybe because it's in Hardware > General Hardware.

#400859

It's definitely

#400861

Apparently, a gigabit switch is only useful in (work)places and enterprises with a HUGE data flow, and/or a WAN/SAN scenario spread across an effin' large area.

An average home conection cant even max out a 100mbps switch :

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