iBall Baton 10/100 Mbps PCI Bootrom Adapter Card

iBall Baton 10/100 Mbps PCI Bootrom Adapter Card

I wanted to be able to get large files to the computer that we use as a media server more quickly. The 12MByte/second transfer rate I got on our 100 Mbit/s cards was OK and more than enough for streaming, but I wanted more speed for copying movies... Read more

I wanted to be able to get large files to the computer that we use as a media server more quickly. The 12MByte/second transfer rate I got on our 100 Mbit/s cards was OK and more than enough for streaming, but I wanted more speed for copying movies from one computer to the other. Installation was very easy. They just slid into the PCI slots on the two computers, Windows 7 installed the drivers (I didn't use the disk that came with the cards), and I moved my CAT5e cables over to the new cards.I use an external 2TB USB 3.0 hard drive for storage on the media computer so I am limited by its speed. I now get sustained 50+MB/s transfer rates from computer to computer which is about the same rate I get transferring files locally to that external drive. I don't know if they live up to their 1000Mb/s claim, but they keep up with my external hard drive and I now can transfer at four to six times my old speed.
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