[K12OSN] A question about gigabit

[Mark Cockrell]

Hello all,
    I've seen the recommendation for gigabit NICs in the K12LTSP server 
a number of times on this list and I have a question regarding that.  
Currently I have 10/100Mb switches in place, and when I set up my shiny 
new terminal server, I used only one NIC and just tied it into my 
existing network so that it can be accessed from anywhere on the LAN.  
So, here's my question:  With everything else on my LAN being 10/100 
would gigabit help me at all.  I could buy a new gigabit switch and 
connect the server to it and it to the rest of my network, but it seems 
to me that I would just be moving the bottleneck up the stream a few 
inches.  Is my thinking correct, or would a gigabit switch, even if it's 
the only one on the network, be advantageous?  I welcome any thoughts on 
the subject.

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C-ya,
Mark
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