Jan 22, 2020 #1 princez Junior Member level 3 Joined Feb 13, 2010 Messages 27 Helped 1 Reputation 2 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 1,444 Hello, I have a simple question. I have a Gigabit Ethernet port in my PC/system. Can i use it as 10 Gb/s port just by updating the MAC drivers ?
Hello, I have a simple question. I have a Gigabit Ethernet port in my PC/system. Can i use it as 10 Gb/s port just by updating the MAC drivers ?
Jan 22, 2020 #2 FvM Super Moderator Staff member Joined Jan 22, 2008 Messages 52,397 Helped 14,748 Reputation 29,778 Reaction score 14,091 Trophy points 1,393 Location Bochum, Germany Activity points 297,993 No. MAC and PHY must be designed for 10 Gbps. 10GBASE-T (10 GBPS ethernet over RJ45 cables) hardware is yet expensive. Unlikely to be found in a garden-variety PC.
No. MAC and PHY must be designed for 10 Gbps. 10GBASE-T (10 GBPS ethernet over RJ45 cables) hardware is yet expensive. Unlikely to be found in a garden-variety PC.
Apr 26, 2020 #3 E eziggurat Full Member level 6 Joined Feb 15, 2002 Messages 320 Helped 30 Reputation 62 Reaction score 18 Trophy points 1,298 Activity points 2,931 You could always get an Asus 10g pci card like ASUS XG-C100C. That costs around 120 USD and uses cat6c cable.
You could always get an Asus 10g pci card like ASUS XG-C100C. That costs around 120 USD and uses cat6c cable.