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@AC1651 @gigabit ethernet

No, you dolt, it's USB2, 'capable' of 480Mb/sec [60megaBYTEs a second] of raw throughput - although you'd never see that realistically from any device.

100Mb/sec does seem to be the limitation - they could only pull about 7.9MB/sec from a single, large, contigious file according to the FAQ - about 64Mb/sec, which sounds about right for a combined standalone 100mbNIC/USB running server software in my eyes once you take into account the FTP/SMB serving that will no doubt be sharing the same resources.

Still, bit pointless for me, fucked if I'm formatting my porn drive, er, I mean ESSENTIAL BUSINESS DATA BACKUP just for the privelidge of wanging it on the LAN - I'll just leave the Acer Aspire One plugged into the wall, whack the drive onto it and CIFS/FTP it for now.

Steven R

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