faster around the network

[Penfold]

lol cheers

this is a pic of the device manager so I'mguess it is. Phew that was hard work.

I doubt my lappie is so I'll buy a card for that and also for the older machines on the system. Hopefully that combined with the links above for a new switch will be fine with my cat5.

The other machine is only 100mb. What's the difference though between these - aren't they the same thing?

Oh and NIC's if you need... http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...sp?CatId=1079&
For PCI, I'd go for this Intel PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter

isn't a network adapter and desktop adapter the same? Worth the extra Ã,£15 for the gt?

I don't really want to have to replace all the cabling but will try this first.

Thanks again

[Gandalf]

yeah, that's good

The laptop you got from me should be gigabit too.

Netbook may be, you can check in the same way. If not, I wouldn't worry about it though as you won't be able to replace the card anyway!