[nzlug] Network speed - Final results

[Mathew Carley]

I've found sometimes the NIC cards/chipsets can cause a 
not-really-GigE-connection... Are they cheap cards or decent cards? Or 
are they on the Motherboard? Ideally, in almost all cases, almost all 
the time, the GigE cards would be onboard...
>> Yes you are right but the cost is not linear. For double money you 
>> can not get double speed, you need to invest much more in it.
>> The $/performance ratio is very bad.
>> Andrew